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"Porn sentencing rules puzzle"

By Douglas A. Berman

The title of this post is the headline of this new article from the Knoxville News Sentinel. Here are excerpts: Longtime Claiborne County educator Joseph Wayne Jennings faced more punishment for looking at pictures of child rape victims than he did for trying to lure a child to be raped. His case highlights a sentencing disparity long claimed by defense attorneys and increasingly questioned by federal judges nationwide, including some in East Tennessee, as the average sentence for suspects caught with child pornography has jumped 443 percent over a 10-year period.... In recent years, judges across the nation have been balking at the punishments recommended not after careful review by the sentencing commission but as a result of Congressional decree...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on January 05, 2011 (boomark / email).