In an interview, one of Amy’s attorneys, James Marsh of The Marsh Law Firm, said that he submitted a memorandum dated October 10 asking for the full restitution amount of $3.37 million. As an alternative, Marsh requested a minimum restitution…
Pricing Amy: Should Those Who Download Child Pornography Pay the Victims?
Amy and her lawyer are, however, fighting back. Her battle is part of a series of cases – now wending their way through the federal courts – trying to help the victims of child pornography by seeking financial restitution, not…
Restitution sought to care for kids whose moms used them to make porn
Prosecutors and lawyers nationwide have successfully sought restitution orders in child pornography cases under a provision in the 1994 Violence Against Women Act, which allows for such restitution. The law, however, has taken years to catch on. “For about 20…
Court Rejects Restitution for Victim in Porn Case
A victim of child pornography seeking restitution should not receive court-ordered payments from those who possessed the images but had no hand in creating them, a federal appeals panel ruled Thursday. The young woman, referred to in court papers as…
Battle against ‘net child porn sees new front
Hepburn and James Marsh, a New York attorney who represents a victim in another popular child pornography collection, known as the “Misty” series, have filed dozens of requests for restitution against child pornography defendants nationwide, including several defendants who were…
Use of restitution law on behalf of sex abuse victims raises philosophical questions
Aggressively seeking restitution from people who’ve only viewed child porn but haven’t produced or distributed it is a tactic that Warren Richey, writing in The Christian Science Monitor, credited to Amy’s lawyer, James Marsh of White Plains, N.Y. The strategy…