Two child sexual assault (CSA) cases in Texas offer a glimpse into the varied kinds of cases in which juries must determine guilt or innocence and, most often, punishment as well. The different results reached in each case reflect the…
Category: Sex Crimes Against Children
Aug.01
2019
2019
Posted By: John Floyd
Category: Illegal Pornography | Sex Crimes | Sex Crimes Against Children
Yes.
Already facing state charges of aggravated sexual assault and abuse in Chicago state court, R. Kelly has now attracted the attention of the federal government as well.
How so?
He was recently taken into custody on…
Apr.25
2019
2019
Posted By: John Floyd
Category: Sex Crimes | Sex Crimes Against Children | Sex Trafficking
Backpage.com has been a notorious source for serious sex crimes, including the prostitution of minors and sex trafficking across state borders. The site was shut down in April, but many of the criminal cases involving Backpage remain active, including the…
Mar.01
2019
2019
Posted By: John Floyd
Category: Corruption | Sex Crimes Against Children | Sex Trafficking | Sexual Abuse
U.S. District Court Judge Kenneth A. Marra recently issued a ruling that federal prosecutors who negotiated a 2008 plea deal with billionaire Jeffery Epstein violated the federal Crime Victims’ Rights Act of 2004 (“CVRA”). Judge Marra ruled that the…
Feb.15
2019
2019
Posted By: John Floyd
A search of a New Jersey home last year by federal agents discovered pornographic images of two children believed to be less than one year of age. Determined by forensic review to have been taken in 2015, the images revealed…
Nov.27
2018
2018
Posted By: John Floyd
Category: Child Abuse | Sex Crimes Against Children
The mere allegation of a sex crime against a child carries immediate and lasting consequences:
Arrest
Conviction
Sentence
Fines
Restitution
Imprisonment
Possible civil commitment
Post-imprisonment supervision
Sex offender registration
These consequences do not include probable divorce, lost or…
Nov.18
2018
2018
Posted By: John Floyd
Category: Constitutional Law | Illegal Pornography | Sex Crimes Against Children
The first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution are collectively known as the Bill Rights. These original amendments guaranteed 8 rights to criminal defendants facing prosecution by the federal government. They are:
Protection against unreasonable search and seizure;
Grand…
Nov.10
2018
2018
Posted By: John Floyd
Category: Illegal Pornography | Sex Crimes Against Children
According to the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), Tor is a service that allows a person to use the Internet anonymously. It has two components:
Software that must be downloaded to provided Internet anonymity; and
A network of volunteer computers…
Nov.10
2018
2018
Posted By: John Floyd
Category: Sex Crimes Against Children | Sexual Abuse
Statutory rape is sexual intercourse with a person under the age of consent. In colonial-era America, the age of consent was 10 in some states, while 12 in others. This remained the case until the 1890s when a coalition of…
Oct.24
2018
2018
Posted By: John Floyd
Category: Appeals | Constitutional Law | Illegal Pornography | Sex Crimes Against Children
The Sixth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution guarantees a criminal defendant the right to counsel at every critical stage of the proceedings against him or her, including the physical presence of counsel during trial.
This fundamental constitutional principle does…
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