Oregon Senate votes to close loophole in child pornography law
Oregonian: In response to a Oregon Supreme Court ruling this year, the Oregon Senate voted today to make it a crime to view child pornography online for free. | Oregon v. Barger, No. CA A138678 (Ore. Jan 6, 2011) | Senate Bill 803
5th Circuit: Restitution to child porn victim not limited by proximate causation
U.S. v. Wright, No. 09-31215 (5th Cir. Apr. 20, 2011)
This appeal presents issues related to the amount of restitution that a district court may order a defendant convicted of possessing child pornography to pay to one of the children depicted in the images . . . As explained further below, the recent In re Amy panel opinion rejected the causation arguments made by Wright
D.C. Circuit: Child Pornography Victim Owed More Restitution
. . . The appeals court said Kessler must “order restitution equal to the amount of harm the government proves the defendant caused the victim.” Victims can receive restitution for, among other things, medical services, lost income, attorneys’ fees and rehabilitation. . . . | U.S. v. Monzel, No. 11-3008 (D.C. Cir. Apr. 19, 2011)
8th Circuit: Coach’s secret videotaping of weigh in by nude minors is “sexual exploitation” not “mere nudity”
U.S. v. Johnson, No. 10-2350 (8th Cir. April 5, 2011)
