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Effective NY Times coverage of child porn restitution debate

By Douglas A. Berman

Regular readers know that one issue (of many) roiling the federal courts is whether and how to order restitution as part of the punishment in child porn downloading cases.  This new piece by John Schwartz in the New York Times, which is headlined "Pornography, and an Issue of Restitution," covers this issue effectively. Here are excerpts: When Amy was a little girl, her uncle made her famous in the worst way: as a star in the netherworld of child pornography.  Photographs and videos known as ?the Misty series? depicting her abuse have circulated on the Internet for more than 10 years, and often turn up in the collections of those arrested for possession of illegal images. Now, with the help of an inventive lawyer, the young woman known as Amy ? her real name has been withheld in court to prevent harassment ? is fighting back...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on February 03, 2010 (boomark / email).