WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Representative Matt Cartwright (D-PA-17), along with co-leads Rep. Tom Cotton (R‑AK‑4), Rep. Suzan DelBene (D-WA-1), Rep. Randy Weber (R-TX-14), Rep. Judy Chu (D-CA-27), and Rep. Doc Hastings (R-WA-4) introduced the bipartisan Amy and Vicky Child Pornography ...
On June 5, 2014, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals—in the first federal circuit court ruling since the United States Supreme Court issued its decision in Paroline in April—held that a child pornography defendant is not liable for a victim’s ...
From the Congressional Record Mr. HATCH. Mr. President, today I will introduce legislation that will help victims of one of the most vicious crimes and one of the most evil crimes in our society: child pornography. When Congress enacted the ...
Lawmakers Introduce the Amy and Vicky Child Pornography Victim Restitution Improvement Act to Strengthen Restitution Process for Victims U.S. Senators Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), a current member and former Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), current member ...
A federal statute (18 U.S.C. §2259) requires that, in child sexual exploitation cases, a defendant must pay restitution for “the full amount of the victim’s losses.” That works for crimes in which a defendant directly causes specific harm to a ...
Law and Order SVU recently aired an episode based on our client Amy’s case. It told the story of a prosecutor using a restitution statute to obtain multi-million dollar compensation for a victim of child pornography from a wealthy man ...