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A prominent "victim" of broad federal child porn law OR just another sex offender?

By Douglas A. Berman

Regular readers know I have blogged a lot about federal child porn prosecutions and sentencing.  Now a notable new case out of California, reported widely through local press and via CNN and the AP, seems to have the potential to raise the profile of these issues.  The reporting on this case varies based on the media source, but reports here and here from the San Diego Union Tribune highlight why this case has the potential to draw lots of attention: A San Diego veterans activist and Vietnam War hero who served in a senior Navy post during the Clinton administration pleaded guilty yesterday to a federal charge of possessing child pornography. Wade Rowland Sanders, 67, acknowledged in federal court in San Diego that last May, he possessed computer files containing 600 images of minors, including a 21-minute video that depicted girls engaging in sex acts with an adult man, according to court records...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on December 23, 2008 (boomark / email).