This Wednesday morning, SCOTUS voted to put a limit on the amount of restitution that people who consume child pornography pay the victims of child pornography. Surprisingly, the court was mostly not divided between “putting a limit on restitution” and…
Law in Plain English: Paroline v. United States
In a 5-4 decision, the Supreme Court ruled that restitution is proper under the statute only to the extent that the defendant’s offense proximately caused a victim’s losses.
US Supreme Court limits restitution payments to child pornography victims
In a 5-to-4 decision, the high court said federal law does not require a defendant guilty of possessing child pornography to pay the entire amount of a multimillion-dollar restitution award owed to a child victim whose abuse is depicted in…
Law & Order: SVU – Restitution at Last
Last night NBC’s Law & Order: SVU aired an episode about our firm’s effort to obtain compensation for victims of child pornography called Downloaded Child. This clip, Restitution at Last, should sound familiar to anyone who has been following our…
Is Belle Knox the Madonna of Her Generation or Something Else?
Embed from Getty Images Thirty years ago, before the Internet, Madonna scandalized society with her brash underwear, explicit sexuality, and the song “Like a Virgin.” Madonna’s clothing, performances, and music videos had a huge cultural and social impact on fashion,…
Court Okays Strip Searching Middle School Students
Embed from Getty Images Most people agree that it’s inappropriate for an eighth grader to be drinking alcohol. What happens, however, when middle schoolers get caught? Do you know that your child could be arrested, strip searched, and thrown…