Morris claims that the district attorney’s office interfered with his due process rights when prosecutors prevented Morris from conducting an…
August 6, 2012 Georgia Teacher Accused of Possessing Child PornographyJoseph Monroe Wilson, a former teacher at New Georgia Elementary School in Villa Rica, was indicted by a federal grand…
June 14, 2012 11th Circuit Addresses Several Issues with Federal Child Exploitation Enterprise ProsecutionThe 11th Circuit Court of Appeals has vacated portions of the convictions for multiple defendants who were sentenced to serve…
June 6, 2012 11th Circuit:Court Cannot Compel the Decryption of Computer FilesThe Fifth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution guarantees that no citizen shall be compelled in any criminal case to be…
May 28, 2012 The Debate Continues: Is the Mere Viewing of Child Pornography Illegal?New York became the latest state to grapple with the question of whether simply “viewing” child pornography is illegal. In…
April 11, 2012 Federal Child Pornography Sentence Vacated as File Sharing Did Not Warrant Sentence EnhancementThe Court held there was no evidence Vadnais ever expected to receive anything of value in exchange for sharing the…
March 28, 2012 Court of Appeals Vacates Defendant’s Child Pornography SentenceThe court imposed the statutory minimum sentence of five years in prison. The Georgia Court of Appeals, relying on the…
March 4, 2012 Federal Appeals Court Reverses Child Pornography ConvictionA basic understanding of how the internet and individual computers interrelate is necessary in order for prosecutors and the courts…
October 14, 2011 Federal DOE Employee Arrested on Child Pornography ChargesAccording to today’s press release, Butler is accused of accessing child pornography websites from his work computer. Federal agents were…