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Intriguing report on woman facing federal child porn sentencing

By Douglas A. Berman

This local story from Iowa describes some challenging sentencing issues raised in an unusual case in which a female defendant is facing sentencing following her plea to federal child porn charges.  Here are some of the details from the sentencing hearing: Heather Fiorella participated in taking nude photos of a 14-year-old girl who was in her care but regarded them as child erotica, not child pornography. Fiorella admitted to doing something despicable and being ashamed for her behavior but said she had no interest in child pornography. It was her boyfriend, John Shuler, who liked it. Fiorella faces up to 30 years in federal prison for three counts of possessing child pornography. She pleaded guilty in December 2007. Shuler, her co-defendant in the crime, was sentenced in September to more than 39 years in prison for conspiracy to produce child pornography and production of child pornography...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on October 25, 2008 (boomark / email).