This Article poses a more logical and legal construct, derived from Commerce Clause analysis, that although each individual possessor of child pornography appears to contribute almost imperceptibly to the victim’s harm, the aggregate effect of possession is sufficient to satisfy…
Paying Amy
In January, the Supreme Court will hear the appeal of Doyle Randall Paroline, who was caught with two pictures of Amy among 280 illegal images and was found liable by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit for…
Supreme Court to decide case on harm by porn
But the attorney for Amy says that the phrase “proximate result” should only apply to the last subsection for “any other losses,” because the phrase does not appear in any other part of the list of losses in the statute….
Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Landmark Children’s Rights Case
Earlier today, the United States Supreme Court agreed to review a case brought by the Marsh Law Firm concerning criminal restitution for victims of child pornography. The Court agreed to decide “what, if any, causal relationship or nexus between the…
Should Shattuck-St. Mary’s have old police about accused teacher’s child pornography in 2003?
James Marsh, an attorney in New York who represents victims of child pornography in federal court said the school should have reported the images. “Tucking it away for 10 years … prevented law enforcement from investigating crimes that may have…
Sixth Circuit: Child porn restitution orders must be based on individual culpability
Paul Cassell, a criminal law professor at the University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law, who filed a brief for amicus Vicky and participated in oral argument, said he’s aware of three pending petitions for certiorari to the U.S….