Court records show that in at least two cases, the Wisconsin Department of Justice took years to act on detailed and credible tips about online child pornography.

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The justices of the U.S. Supreme Court are struggling to determine how mandatory statutory damages to victims of child pornography should be allocated among those convicted of possessing and viewing the material, and what proof is required to establish liability.

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The Wisconsin Supreme Court says a woman legally consented to a police search that led to her boyfriend's conviction on a child pornography charge.

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A federal magistrate in Milwaukee has ordered a West Allis man to provide readable versions of encrypted hard drives seized from his home as part of a child-porn investigation.

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A former University of Wisconsin-Madison doctoral student is about to go to prison under a new wrinkle in a state law that bans child pornography.

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A former Milwaukee County sheriff's sergeant has been sentenced to 40 years in prison for producing child pornography.

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The founder of a Texas cargo airline was sentenced Wednesday to 30 years in prison for federal child pornography charges, after undercover officers posing as young teenage girls said they engaged him in explicit online chats.

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11-3716 U.S. v. Seiver

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11-1339 U.S. v. Klug

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BROWNSVILLE, Texas (AP) — A federal grand jury has indicted the founder of a South Texas-based cargo airline on several child pornography-related charges. Prosecutors say 60-year-old Robert Hedrick of Brownsville faces charges of attempted sexual exploitation of children, transfer of ...

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EAGLE RIVER, Wis. (AP) — A middle-school teacher accused of owning a stash of child pornography has turned himself to authorities in northern Wisconsin. Charges against the Eagle River math teacher are expected Monday. Investigators say the man had more ...

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KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — A Kenosha man who allegedly transformed his apartment into a pornographic shrine to young girls is avoiding a trial. Kevin Derks pleaded guilty to 10 counts of possession of child pornography in Kenosha County. He was ...

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Sentencing Child pornography Where the district court imposed a below-guideline sentence, the sentence was reasonable. “Here, the district court went beyond what we deemed sufficient in Pape. Not only did the district court explicitly recognize its discretion to deviate from ...

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WAUSAU, Wis. (AP) — A central Wisconsin woman could go to prison for more than 12 years for failing to protect her 9-year-old daughter from being sexually abused. The 32-year-old woman pleaded guilty Wednesday to a felony charge of failing ...

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MILWAUKEE (AP) — A superintendent of the New Holstein School District accused of trying to meet a 15-year-old boy for sex faces more charges. According to a criminal complaint, 58-year-old Christopher Nelson was arrested Jan. 19 in a child sex ...

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Child Pornography Scienter; constitutionality The lack of a scienter element does not render the criminalization of production of child pornography, 18 U.S.C. 2251(a), unconstitutional. “Given the competing social factors on both sides, we believe that § 2251 withstands constitutional scrutiny ...

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When Anoka, Minn. criminal defense attorney Rory Durkin got a call from a South Dakota attorney who was being indicted for possession and distribution of child pornography, he jumped at the opportunity to represent a fellow bar member.

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Child Pornography Sentencing; reasonableness Sentences based on the child pornography guidelines are not necessarily unreasonably high. “We have previously considered and rejected the argument that sentences at the statutory maximum in child-pornography cases are more often unreasonable. In United States ...

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