by John Floyd | Aug 28, 2024 | Internet Sex Crimes, Sex Crimes
The digital age has made the internet a central part of daily life. This has been beneficial in countless ways, but it has also opened the door to new types of criminal activity. Among the most serious offenses are federal internet sex crimes. These crimes are harshly...
by John Floyd | Aug 29, 2019 | Internet Sex Crimes, Sexual Harrassment
It has always been indecent, and criminal, for anyone in Texas to expose their anus or any part of their genitalia with the intent to arouse or gratify the sexual desire of any person. An underlying component of the crime is the exposure of the above-mentioned body...
by John Floyd | Apr 22, 2019 | Illegal Pornography, Internet Sex Crimes
Between 1997 and 2010, according to a report by Families Against Mandatory Minimums (“FAMM”), sentences in child pornography cases increased by 500 percent. That report surveyed judges across the country and found that seventy percent of them believed that the U.S....
by John Floyd | Apr 26, 2018 | Internet Sex Crimes, Sexual Harrassment
In 2015, at the behest of State Rep. Sylvia Garcia, D-Houston, the Texas Legislature enacted Texas Penal Code, Section 21.16(b)—more commonly known as the “revenge porn” statute. In short, § 21.16(b) creates four elements that constitute a violation of the statute:...
by John Floyd | Aug 3, 2017 | Constitutional Law, Internet Sex Crimes
The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children reports that there are roughly 747,000 registered sex offenders in the United States. The Parents for Megan’s Law says that more than 46,000 of these offenders are registered in Texas. Over the last decade, a...
by John Floyd | Apr 12, 2017 | Illegal Pornography, Internet Sex Crimes
Vicki is a victim of child pornography. It began when she was 10 years of age. Pictures and videos depicting her bound, raped and sodomized was, and continues to be, widely distributed on the Internet. Her pornography became known in the courts as the “Vicki Series.”...
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