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Notable discussion of federal child porn sentencing in Connecticut

By Douglas A. Berman

The Connecticut Law Tribune has this notable new piece on federal child porn sentencing headlined "Discretion Debate: Study, attorneys note inconsistent sentences in child pornography cases."  Here are excerpts: The arrests and convictions are in the news every week, and often the details make us cringe.  In most cases, the bottom line is that some guy has been caught with child pornography on his computer.  Just last week, David Besaw, of Newington, was sentenced to 32 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Stefan Underhill for possessing child porn.  Earlier in the year, Kevin Davis, of Putnam, was sentenced to just under four years by Chief U.S. District Judge Alvin Thompson for possessing the graphic sexual images involving children. In April, Judge Vanessa Bryant sentenced William Golia, of New Haven, to five years in prison for the same crime...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on July 26, 2010 (boomark / email).