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Pornography After the Fall of the CPPA: Strategies for Prosecutors  


Author:  Duncan T. Brown.


Source: Volume 03, Number 06, October/November 2002 , pp.83-85(3)




Sex Offender Law Report

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Abstract: 

On April 17th, 2002, the Supreme Court handed down a decision striking down the elements of the Child Pornography Protection Act (CPPA) that criminalized the possession, distribution or creation of “virtual” child pornography. (Ashcroft v. Free Speech Coalition, 122 S.Ct. 1389 (2002).) Virtual child pornography is pornography created by computer or digital device that is virtually indistinguishable from images of actual children.

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Affiliations:  1: National Center for Prosecution of Child Abuse.

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