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The latest "grand" development in the debate over child porn restitution "settlements"

By Douglas A. Berman

This new article from the Minneapolis Star Tribune, which is headlined "Possessor of child porn to pay $1,000 in restitution," provides the latest legal update on a case concerning debates over restitution awards in child porn cases." Here are the details: Across the United States, some purveyors of child pornography have been ordered to pay millions in restitution to their victims.  Others, not a dime.  On Monday in federal court in St. Paul, Brandon Anthony Buchanan -- penniless, without assets and serving more than seven years in prison -- agreed to pay $1,000 restitution for possessing images of a victim identified as "Amy."  The amount was agreed to by prosecutors, the defense attorney, the judge and Amy's lawyer. It is the principle -- not the amount -- that was important in Buchanan's case, said James Marsh, Amy's attorney...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on April 06, 2010 (boomark / email).