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Deconstructing the Myth of Careful Study: A Primer on the Flawed Progression of the Child Pornography Guidelines

By Melody Evans and Kirk Redmond

By: Troy Stabenow, AFPD, Western District of MissouriI. IntroductionFrom 1994 to 1995, child pornography offenders received a mean sentence of 36 months confinement. See United States Sentencing Commission Report to the Congress, ?Sex Offenses Against Children,? 1996, at Page 3, and Table 1. The twenty-four defendants convicted of possessing illegal images received an average sentence of 15 months confinement. Id.. The sixty-six defendants convicted of trafficking in child pornography received an average sentence of 29 months confinement. Id. The twenty-two defendants convicted of producing child pornography received an average sentence of 79 months. Id....Here's the link: http://mow.fd.org/3%20July%202008%20Edit.pdf.

Full post as published by Kansas Federal Defender on December 09, 2009 (boomark / email).