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	<title>CRIMINAL JURISDICTION &#187; child pornography</title>
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		<title>TEXAS’ APPROACH TO TEEN SEXTING</title>
		<link>http://www.johntfloyd.com/blog/2011/10/09/texas%e2%80%99-approch-to-teen-sexting/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Oct 2011 16:28:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[States Reevaluating Criminalization of Juvenile Cyber-Sex

By: Houston Criminal Lawyer John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair

This past legislative session Texas joined the ranks of a small number of states which have reduced criminalization “teen sexting.” Gov. Rick Perry signed the law this past June which is designed to, according to Wireupdate, “prevent teenagers from sexting without subjecting them to serious criminal penalties that have life-long consequences.” Before this latest legislation became law on September 1st teenagers could have faced the more serious felony charge of “promotion of child pornography” which, upon conviction, would have resulted in lifetime registration as a “sex offender.”]]></description>
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		<title>IMPACT OF CRIME VICTIMS RESTITUTION ACTS</title>
		<link>http://www.johntfloyd.com/blog/2011/09/18/impact-of-crime-victims-restitution-acts/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Sep 2011 20:07:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fifth Circuit’s Decision on Restitution in Possession of Child Pornography Cases Creates Sentencing Nightmare

By: Houston Criminal Lawyer John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair

In theory the criminal justice system has a fundamental obligation to provide restitution to crime victims. In practice this obligation has created a contentious and ongoing legal debate in federal appellate courts as to how this obligation must be met. Two recent decisions emanating out of the Fifth and Second federal circuits underscore the difficulties faced in deciding when and how restitution is appropriate, the level of harm caused to victims, and the statutory standards by which restitution can be awarded. Last year we dealt with the issue of restitution in child pornography cases which, we believe, has run constitutionally amuck (here). We feel it’s time to examine both the legislative history, and the statutory application, of crime victims’ restitution acts, both of which were discussed at some length by the Second Circuit on August 18, 2011 in United States v. Marino.]]></description>
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		<title>OVERZEALOUS FEDERAL PROSECUTION FOR PRODUCTION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY REVERSED</title>
		<link>http://www.johntfloyd.com/blog/2011/03/26/overzealous-federal-prosecution-for-production-of-child-pornography-reversed/</link>
		<comments>http://www.johntfloyd.com/blog/2011/03/26/overzealous-federal-prosecution-for-production-of-child-pornography-reversed/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Mar 2011 15:05:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>johntfloyd</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You would think that an Assistant U.S. Attorney, charged with prosecuting offenses against the laws the United States, would understand the laws upon which he elects to indict a criminal defendant. But far too often federal prosecutors, especially in “child sex cases,” are more concerned with securing convictions to “notch” the handle on their legal resume than in pursuing justice as they are legally and ethically required to do. Such was the apparent motive for the 2009 prosecution of a petty “voyeur,” Allen Steen, in federal court in Odessa, Texas under the child pornography law, 18 U.S.C. 2551(a)—a statute which carries a mandatory minimum of 15 years upon conviction.]]></description>
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		<title>THE COMPUTER IS A CRIME MACHINE</title>
		<link>http://www.johntfloyd.com/blog/2011/02/20/the-computer-is-a-crime-machine/</link>
		<comments>http://www.johntfloyd.com/blog/2011/02/20/the-computer-is-a-crime-machine/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Feb 2011 06:24:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>johntfloyd</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal Crimes Lawyer]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Computer Crimes and Prosecutions on the Rise: Cyber Espionage, Theft of Corporate Trade Secrets and Identity Fraud Continue to Increase

By: Houston Criminal Lawyer John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair

Every human invention designed to benefit mankind has always been corrupted for illegal and immoral purposes. It’s a flaw inherent in the human soul. So it is with the computer—one of man’s most significant inventions and which someday may well be the cause of man’s downfall, at least according to some prophets of doom. While the computer is essentially a wonderful device that services billions of legitimate purposes, it is also an attractive vehicle for criminal pursuits.]]></description>
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		<title>ADAM WALSH ACT UNDER CONSTITUTIONAL SCRUTINY</title>
		<link>http://www.johntfloyd.com/blog/2010/06/19/adam-walsh-act-under-constitutional-scrutiny/</link>
		<comments>http://www.johntfloyd.com/blog/2010/06/19/adam-walsh-act-under-constitutional-scrutiny/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Jun 2010 00:22:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Growing Practice of “No Bond” and Unreasonably Harsh Sentences for Some Child Sex Crimes Sparks Judicial Concern

By: Houston Criminal Attorney John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair

In July 2006 former President George W. Bush signed into law the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act (“Walsh Act”). Title I of the Walsh Act, the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (“SORNA”), received the most media attention because it expanded the National Sex Offender Registry and established sanctions up to a maximum of twenty years for sex offenders who do not comply with the law’s registration requirements.]]></description>
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		<title>CHILD PORNOGRAPHY: JUDICIAL CHAOS LEADS TO HORRIFIC SENTENCING DISPARITIES</title>
		<link>http://www.johntfloyd.com/blog/2010/01/20/child-pornography-judicial-chaos-leads-to-horrific-sentencing-disparities/</link>
		<comments>http://www.johntfloyd.com/blog/2010/01/20/child-pornography-judicial-chaos-leads-to-horrific-sentencing-disparities/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 18:28:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>johntfloyd</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Court Describes Federal Sentencing Disparities as “A Picture of Injustice”

By: Houston Criminal Attorney John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair

In 1984 the United States Congress enacted the Sentencing Reform Act (“SRA”), and as part of the Act, Congress created the United States Sentencing Commission (“Commission”) to “establish sentencing policies and practices for the Federal criminal justice system.” 1/ The Commission was charged with the responsibility of creating U.S. Sentencing Guidelines (“Guidelines”) that would assist Federal judges in the sentencing process to fulfill Congress’ five purposes for imposing criminal sentences. 2/]]></description>
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		<title>THESE ARE DANGEROUS TIMES IN WHICH WE LIVE</title>
		<link>http://www.johntfloyd.com/blog/2010/01/14/these-are-dangerous-times-in-which-we-live/</link>
		<comments>http://www.johntfloyd.com/blog/2010/01/14/these-are-dangerous-times-in-which-we-live/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jan 2010 06:55:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>johntfloyd</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Civil Commitment: Pre-Emptive Strike against Future Acts by Convicted Sex Offenders

By: Houston Criminal Attorney John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair

In 1999 John Charles Volungus plead guilty in the United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky to three federal criminal sex offenses: possession of child pornography; receipt of child pornography through interstate commerce by means of a computer; and use of a facility of interstate commerce (computer) to persuade a person under the age of eighteen to engage in a sexual act. 1/ He was sentenced to 53 months in the custody of the Federal Bureau of Prisons (“BOP”) to be followed by a term of supervised release. He was released from actual custody only to have his supervised release revoked. He was returned to the custody of the Bureau of Prisons for another23 months. This latter term of imprisonment expired on February 15, 2007. 2/ Although housed at a number of different facilities while in the custody of the BOP, Volungus was confined at the Federal Medical Center Devens in Ayer, Massachusetts (a prison hospital) when he completely satisfied his prison sentence. 3/]]></description>
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		<title>SEX OFFENDER REGISTRATION LAWS BEG REFORM</title>
		<link>http://www.johntfloyd.com/blog/2009/10/01/sex-offender-registration-laws-beg-reform/</link>
		<comments>http://www.johntfloyd.com/blog/2009/10/01/sex-offender-registration-laws-beg-reform/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 06:28:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>johntfloyd</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Sexual Assault Crime Attorney]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some in Law Enforcement, Legislatures, Find Federal Sex Offender Registration Laws Too Broad, Onerous

By: Houston Criminal Lawyer John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair

In April 2009 CNN reported that there are 38 states in these United States which require juveniles convicted of sex offenses to “register” as sex offenders. The Houston Chronicle (September 21, 2009) featured a front page article by Renee C. Lee (“A Long Wait to Get Past Crime”) which reported that there are approximately 3,600 registered juvenile sex offenders in the State of Texas, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety. The newspaper noted that eleven of these juveniles were ten years of age when they were registered.]]></description>
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		<title>COURT TAKES HARDLINE STAND IN CHILD  EXPLOITATION CASE</title>
		<link>http://www.johntfloyd.com/blog/2009/09/23/court-takes-hardline-stand-in-child-exploitation-case/</link>
		<comments>http://www.johntfloyd.com/blog/2009/09/23/court-takes-hardline-stand-in-child-exploitation-case/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 14:53:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>johntfloyd</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Video Taped Consensual Sex with Minor Gets Federal Time

By:  Houston Criminal Defense Attorney John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair

The federal statute that governs the production of child pornography provides, in part, that “any person who employs, uses, persuades, induces, entices, or coerces any minor to engage in . . . any sexually explicit conduct for the purpose of producing any visual depiction of such conduct or for the purpose of transmitting a live visual depiction of such conduct, shall be punished as provided under subsection (e) . . . if that visual depiction was produced or transmitted using materials that have been mailed, shipped, or transported in or affecting interstate or foreign commerce by any means . . . .” 1/]]></description>
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		<title>A GOOD FAMILY DOCTOR OR A SECRET PEDOPHILE?</title>
		<link>http://www.johntfloyd.com/blog/2009/07/29/a-good-family-doctor-or-a-secret-pedophile/</link>
		<comments>http://www.johntfloyd.com/blog/2009/07/29/a-good-family-doctor-or-a-secret-pedophile/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2009 17:09:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>johntfloyd</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Child Pornography and Exploitation 

By: Houston Criminal Attorney John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair

Neighbors say the couple that lived in the $1 million home in the 11100 block of South Country Squire Road were “the sweetest on the block” who brought cakes to the new home owners that moved into the exclusive neighborhood. The 69-year-old orthopedic surgeon who lived at the residence was considered the “ideal grandfather figure.” He reportedly bought expensive gifts, including rent-free houses, for the economically deprived parents of several of his youngest child patients. Over a two-decade period he spent as much as $250,000 on these gifts.]]></description>
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