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Notable media coverage of Fifth Circuit Amy child porn restitution ruling

By Douglas A. Berman

The biggest development in sentencing jurisprudence this past week was the Fifth Circuit's fascinating (and suspect?) ruling that no proximate causation showing is needed to support a restitution order in the child pornography downloading case known as In re Amy Unknown, No. 09-4123 (5th Cir. March 22, 2011) (available here).  Consequently, I am pleased to see from this new AP article, headlined "Legal experts: Ruling benefits child porn victims," that the traditional media is taking note of the Fifth Circuit's decision (which I first discussed here).  Here are excerpts from the lengthy and effective AP piece: 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...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on March 26, 2011 (boomark / email).