Category Archives: Sex Crimes
Federal Government Promises to Crack Down on Child Pornography
Last year U.S. Attorney Loretta E. Lynch announced the federal government’s intention to investigate and prosecute cases of child pornography, regardless of the scale…
Withdrawn Plea, Vacated Convictions Included in Ever Expanding Reach of Sex Offender Registration
SORNA, the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act, became law in 2006. We recently posted a piece about how the Fifth and Eleventh Circuit Courts of…
Fifth Circuit Adds to Definition of Sex Offender Requiring Registration
On September 23, 2015, the Fifth Circuit in United States v. Schofield added a new offense in the definition to the Sex Offender and…
6 Common Federal Crimes with Mandatory Minimum Prison Sentences
The U.S. Congress has used mandatory minimum sentences since it first enacted federal penal crimes. The 1790 Crimes Act created 23 federal crimes, seven…
Could Using a Dating App Get You Charged with a Crime?
Online dating is now a $2 billion industry. More than 49 million in the U.S. have tried online dating, each customer spending nearly $250…
Supreme Court Attempts to Clarify the Confrontation Clause, Again
The Sixth Amendment’s Confrontation Clause guarantees a criminal defendant the right to confront and cross-examine adverse witnesses against him. The amendment is made applicable…
FBI Child Pornography Detection Software under Attack
According to ComputerWorld, a peer-to-peer (P2P) network is created “when two or more PCs are connected and share resources without going through a separate…
Sentencing in Child Pornography Cases is Tough
Federal Judge Struggles with Reasonable Sentence in Child Pornography Case Representing individuals accused of possessing child pornography is difficult. Any misstep could mean years…
Should Hearsay Statements Made by Children be Allowed at Trial?
Supreme Court to Address the Child-Victim Hearsay Exception As criminal defense lawyers we are often called to represent individuals accused of committing sex crimes…
REVENGE PORN SITES CREATE TENSION BETWEEN FREEDOM OF SPEECH AND CRIMINAL LAW
Indeed, it is a dirty business: websites that expose the most private and intimate moments in a person’s life to destroy their reputation. Like…
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