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/2012/02/29/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/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/2010/10/26/appeals-courts-criticize-child-porn-sentencing-guidelines/ http://www.communitydefense.org/wordpress/2010/10/26/appeals-courts-criticize-child-porn-sentencing-guidelines/#comments Tue, 26 Oct 2010 21:31:27 +0000 admin http://www.communitydefense.org/wordpress/?p=2451 United States v. Grober, No 09-1318 (3rd Cir. Oct. 26, 2010)]]> http://www.communitydefense.org/wordpress/2010/10/26/appeals-courts-criticize-child-porn-sentencing-guidelines/feed/ 0 http://www.communitydefense.org/wordpress/2010/10/20/5th-circuit-recipient-of-child-pornography-can-challenge-sex-offender-label-prior-to-release-and-registration/ http://www.communitydefense.org/wordpress/2010/10/20/5th-circuit-recipient-of-child-pornography-can-challenge-sex-offender-label-prior-to-release-and-registration/#comments Wed, 20 Oct 2010 20:04:56 +0000 admin http://www.communitydefense.org/wordpress/?p=2421 Pearson v. Holder, No. 09-10808 (5th Cir. Oct. 20, 2010)]]> http://www.communitydefense.org/wordpress/2010/10/20/5th-circuit-recipient-of-child-pornography-can-challenge-sex-offender-label-prior-to-release-and-registration/feed/ 0 http://www.communitydefense.org/wordpress/2010/09/17/nh-supreme-court-sex-offender-cant-attend-church-even-with-chaperone/ http://www.communitydefense.org/wordpress/2010/09/17/nh-supreme-court-sex-offender-cant-attend-church-even-with-chaperone/#comments Fri, 17 Sep 2010 20:54:48 +0000 admin http://www.communitydefense.org/wordpress/?p=2428 New Hampshire v. Perfetto, No. 2009-647 (N.H. Sept. 17, 2010)]]> http://www.communitydefense.org/wordpress/2010/09/17/nh-supreme-court-sex-offender-cant-attend-church-even-with-chaperone/feed/ 0 http://www.communitydefense.org/wordpress/2010/08/04/case-highlights-inconsistency-between-n-y-statutory-rape-laws-federal-child-porn-laws/ http://www.communitydefense.org/wordpress/2010/08/04/case-highlights-inconsistency-between-n-y-statutory-rape-laws-federal-child-porn-laws/#comments Wed, 04 Aug 2010 19:57:41 +0000 admin http://www.communitydefense.org/wordpress/?p=2293 Law.com: "A federal appeals panel has thrown out a child pornography conviction that was based on explicit photographs texted by a 17-year-old to her field-hockey coach. The 2nd U.S. Court of Appeals held there was no evidence that defendant Todd Broxmeyer asked 17-year-old 'A.W.' to take the pictures, and therefore no evidence that he 'produced' them as defined by the federal child pornography statutes." | USA v. Broxmeyer, No. 09-1457-cr (2nd Cir. Aug. 3, 2010)]]> http://www.communitydefense.org/wordpress/2010/08/04/case-highlights-inconsistency-between-n-y-statutory-rape-laws-federal-child-porn-laws/feed/ 0 http://www.communitydefense.org/wordpress/2010/07/29/split-en-banc-11th-circuit-rules-child-molesters-17%c2%bd-year-sentence-substantively-unreasonable/ http://www.communitydefense.org/wordpress/2010/07/29/split-en-banc-11th-circuit-rules-child-molesters-17%c2%bd-year-sentence-substantively-unreasonable/#comments Thu, 29 Jul 2010 22:25:51 +0000 admin http://www.communitydefense.org/wordpress/?p=2409 U.S. v. Irey, No. 08-10997 (11th Cir. July 29, 2010)]]> http://www.communitydefense.org/wordpress/2010/07/29/split-en-banc-11th-circuit-rules-child-molesters-17%c2%bd-year-sentence-substantively-unreasonable/feed/ 0 http://www.communitydefense.org/wordpress/2010/07/21/8th-circuit-a-special-condition-of-supervised-released-prohibiting-possession-of-all-materials-containing-nudity-is-stricken-on-overbreadth-grounds/ http://www.communitydefense.org/wordpress/2010/07/21/8th-circuit-a-special-condition-of-supervised-released-prohibiting-possession-of-all-materials-containing-nudity-is-stricken-on-overbreadth-grounds/#comments Wed, 21 Jul 2010 19:26:21 +0000 admin http://www.communitydefense.org/wordpress/?p=2381 U.S. v. Simons, No. 09-2142 (8th Cir. July 21, 2010)]]> http://www.communitydefense.org/wordpress/2010/07/21/8th-circuit-a-special-condition-of-supervised-released-prohibiting-possession-of-all-materials-containing-nudity-is-stricken-on-overbreadth-grounds/feed/ 0 http://www.communitydefense.org/wordpress/2010/05/21/defiant-judge-takes-on-child-pornography-law/ http://www.communitydefense.org/wordpress/2010/05/21/defiant-judge-takes-on-child-pornography-law/#comments Fri, 21 May 2010 17:59:22 +0000 admin http://www.communitydefense.org/wordpress/?p=2256 Defiant judge takes on child pornography law New York Times, A. G. Sulzberger, 5.21.2010 "In his 43-year career as a federal judge, Jack B. Weinstein has come to be identified by his efforts to combat what he calls ‘the unnecessary cruelty of the law.’ His most recent crusade is particularly striking because of the beneficiary: a man who has amassed a vast collection of child pornography."]]> http://www.communitydefense.org/wordpress/2010/05/21/defiant-judge-takes-on-child-pornography-law/feed/ 0 http://www.communitydefense.org/wordpress/2010/01/29/law-review-solutions-to-the-legal-dilemma-caused-by-sexting/ http://www.communitydefense.org/wordpress/2010/01/29/law-review-solutions-to-the-legal-dilemma-caused-by-sexting/#comments Fri, 29 Jan 2010 18:03:30 +0000 admin http://www.communitydefense.org/wordpress/?p=1926 Average Teenager or Sex Offender? Solutions to the Legal Dilemma Caused by Sexting Shannon Shafron-Perez, 26 J. Marshall J. Computer & Info. L. 431 (2009) "This Comment broadly considers the failure of the law to adapt to developments in technology and communication, untangles the different approaches taken by a sample of states, and considers which legal remedy is most appropriate."]]> http://www.communitydefense.org/wordpress/2010/01/29/law-review-solutions-to-the-legal-dilemma-caused-by-sexting/feed/ 0