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…
D.C. Circuit: Child Pornography Victim Owed More Restitution
A victim in a child pornography case who is seeking nearly $3.3 million in restitution from the man caught with an image of her will get a second chance to try to convince a federal trial judge in Washington to…
Appeals court ruling in Texas case could ease path for child porn victims to get restitution
HOUSTON – Victims of child pornography around the country could have an easier time getting restitution from those convicted of possessing such images, according to a federal appeals court ruling this week in a Texas case. But legal experts say…
Porn victims demanding restitution
The attorneys for the victim in the Washington case, solo practitioner James Marsh of White Plains, N.Y., and Paul Cassell, a former federal judge who teaches at the University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law, are pressing forward with…