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Racial Disparity in Child Porn Prosecutions?

By Corey Rayburnyung

A federal judge has raised the issue of a racial disparity in two criminal cases involving child pornography.  In one case, a white University of Pennsylvania student was charged for a hacking scheme, but spared from a possible decade-long sentence for allegedly possessing thousands of images of child pornography. In an unrelated case, a black man was facing eight to ten years in prison for child pornography.  According to Assistant U.S. Attorney Michael Levy, the decision not to seek a long sentence for the white student was made because of his extensive cooperation.  Sentencing Law and Policy has more.  From The Associated Press:  A federal judge questioned why a white Ivy League student found during a computer hacking probe with thousands of images of child pornography was not charged with that crime, sparing him a decade-long prison sentence that a black convicted child pornographer faced at the same hearing...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sex Crimes on November 03, 2008 (boomark / email).