http://www.communitydefense.org/wordpress Protecting Children and Their Neighborhoods Fri, 18 May 2012 17:30:48 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.communitydefense.org/wordpress/2012/05/08/viewing-child-pornography-online-is-not-necessarily-possession-under-state-law-ny-top-court/ http://www.communitydefense.org/wordpress/2012/05/08/viewing-child-pornography-online-is-not-necessarily-possession-under-state-law-ny-top-court/#comments Tue, 08 May 2012 21:28:03 +0000 admin http://www.communitydefense.org/wordpress/?p=2696 Reuters: Viewing child pornography on the Internet without taking further action such as printing or saving files does not necessarily constitute possession, NewYork's top court ruled on Tuesday. | People v. Kent]]> http://www.communitydefense.org/wordpress/2012/05/08/viewing-child-pornography-online-is-not-necessarily-possession-under-state-law-ny-top-court/feed/ 0 http://www.communitydefense.org/wordpress/2012/05/02/5th-utah-law-prof-to-argue-apportionment-issue-in-child-porn-restitution-case/ http://www.communitydefense.org/wordpress/2012/05/02/5th-utah-law-prof-to-argue-apportionment-issue-in-child-porn-restitution-case/#comments Wed, 02 May 2012 17:58:11 +0000 admin http://www.communitydefense.org/wordpress/?p=2692 ULaw Today: The case involves an important issue of whether child pornography victims can recover all of their losses (e.g., psychological counseling and lost income) from one defendant or must apportion their losses out among multiple defendants. | USA v. Amy Unknown, No. 09-41238 (5th Cir.) Opening Brief]]> http://www.communitydefense.org/wordpress/2012/05/02/5th-utah-law-prof-to-argue-apportionment-issue-in-child-porn-restitution-case/feed/ 0 http://www.communitydefense.org/wordpress/2012/04/17/3rd-circuit-revives-suit-challenging-pornography-record-keeping-requirements/ http://www.communitydefense.org/wordpress/2012/04/17/3rd-circuit-revives-suit-challenging-pornography-record-keeping-requirements/#comments Tue, 17 Apr 2012 15:48:24 +0000 admin http://www.communitydefense.org/wordpress/?p=2685 Reuters: A U.S. appeals court on Monday revived a lawsuit brought by members of the adult entertainment industry which challenges federal laws requiring pornography producers to report the ages of all performers. | Free Speech Coalition v Attorney General, No. 10-4085 (3rd Cir. April 16, 2012) (Before SCIRICA, RENDELL, and SMITH, Circuit Judges. )]]> http://www.communitydefense.org/wordpress/2012/04/17/3rd-circuit-revives-suit-challenging-pornography-record-keeping-requirements/feed/ 0 http://www.communitydefense.org/wordpress/2012/03/14/10th-circuit-child-porn-defendant-loses-on-viewed-but-not-received-claim/ http://www.communitydefense.org/wordpress/2012/03/14/10th-circuit-child-porn-defendant-loses-on-viewed-but-not-received-claim/#comments Wed, 14 Mar 2012 18:03:34 +0000 admin http://www.communitydefense.org/wordpress/?p=2675 Findlaw: [Defendant] . . . argued that viewing and search for child pornography doesn't qualify as receiving the images. The jury disagreed and convicted Sturm on both counts. Sturm appealed. This week, the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed Sturm's convictions. | U.S. v. Sturm]]> http://www.communitydefense.org/wordpress/2012/03/14/10th-circuit-child-porn-defendant-loses-on-viewed-but-not-received-claim/feed/ 0 http://www.communitydefense.org/wordpress/2012/02/29/sixth-circuit-1-day-child-pornography-sentence-unreasonable/ http://www.communitydefense.org/wordpress/2012/02/29/sixth-circuit-1-day-child-pornography-sentence-unreasonable/#comments Wed, 29 Feb 2012 17:23:08 +0000 admin http://www.communitydefense.org/wordpress/?p=2672 Findlaw: What’s an appropriate sentence for a defendant who pleads guilty to possessing over 7,100 images of child pornography? While the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals declined to answer that precise question this week, it ruled that a one-day sentence and a $100 fine landed on the lax side of the child pornography sentence spectrum. | U.S. v. Robinson]]> http://www.communitydefense.org/wordpress/2012/02/29/sixth-circuit-1-day-child-pornography-sentence-unreasonable/feed/ 0 http://www.communitydefense.org/wordpress/2012/01/31/en-banc-5th-circuit-to-rehear-restitution-case-for-child-porn-victim/ http://www.communitydefense.org/wordpress/2012/01/31/en-banc-5th-circuit-to-rehear-restitution-case-for-child-porn-victim/#comments Tue, 31 Jan 2012 22:06:55 +0000 admin http://www.communitydefense.org/wordpress/?p=2669 How Appealing quotes and links to the AP and the earlier 5th Circuit opinion: A federal appeals court in New Orleans has agreed to rehear two cases in which a victim of child pornography sought restitution from men who viewed sexually explicit photographs of her on the Internet." | In re: Amy Unknown.]]> http://www.communitydefense.org/wordpress/2012/01/31/en-banc-5th-circuit-to-rehear-restitution-case-for-child-porn-victim/feed/ 0 http://www.communitydefense.org/wordpress/2011/11/28/supreme-court-refuses-to-resolve-confusion-over-child-pornography-law/ http://www.communitydefense.org/wordpress/2011/11/28/supreme-court-refuses-to-resolve-confusion-over-child-pornography-law/#comments Mon, 28 Nov 2011 21:08:55 +0000 admin http://www.communitydefense.org/wordpress/?p=2656 Amy v. Monzel (11-85). ]]> http://www.communitydefense.org/wordpress/2011/11/28/supreme-court-refuses-to-resolve-confusion-over-child-pornography-law/feed/ 0 http://www.communitydefense.org/wordpress/2011/09/08/second-circuit-panel-reverses-child-porn-restitution-award-to-amy/ http://www.communitydefense.org/wordpress/2011/09/08/second-circuit-panel-reverses-child-porn-restitution-award-to-amy/#comments Thu, 08 Sep 2011 19:43:12 +0000 admin http://www.communitydefense.org/wordpress/?p=2623 Sentencing Law and Policy:: The Second Circuit has today issued an important new opinion in the on-going saga concerning whether and how the kids victimized by being featured in illegal child pornography can secure restitution awards from defendants who downloaded these pictures via the internet. The panel opinion in US v. Aumais, No. 10-3160 (2d Cir. Sept. 8, 2011) (available here), gets started this way . . . ]]> http://www.communitydefense.org/wordpress/2011/09/08/second-circuit-panel-reverses-child-porn-restitution-award-to-amy/feed/ 0 http://www.communitydefense.org/wordpress/2011/09/08/ohio-supreme-court-mulls-child-porn-evidence-dispute/ http://www.communitydefense.org/wordpress/2011/09/08/ohio-supreme-court-mulls-child-porn-evidence-dispute/#comments Thu, 08 Sep 2011 15:47:07 +0000 admin http://www.communitydefense.org/wordpress/?p=2614 Toledo Blade: How long can a computer hard drive be left behind before it is considered abandoned and subject to search by police without a warrant? That was the question before the Ohio Supreme Court Wednesday as it weighed the child rape, child pornography, and other convictions of Dennis Gould . . . | Hat tip: How Appealing for providing a link to the documents, summary of the case, and video of the arguments. ]]> http://www.communitydefense.org/wordpress/2011/09/08/ohio-supreme-court-mulls-child-porn-evidence-dispute/feed/ 0 http://www.communitydefense.org/wordpress/2011/07/06/federal-judge-blocks-alaskan-anti-child-porn-law/ http://www.communitydefense.org/wordpress/2011/07/06/federal-judge-blocks-alaskan-anti-child-porn-law/#comments Wed, 06 Jul 2011 17:44:52 +0000 admin http://www.communitydefense.org/wordpress/?p=2588 Order: American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression v. Sullivan]]> http://www.communitydefense.org/wordpress/2011/07/06/federal-judge-blocks-alaskan-anti-child-porn-law/feed/ 0