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Potent DOJ response to ABA Journal article about federal child porn sentencing

By Douglas A. Berman

As noted in this post last month, the June issue of the ABA Journal includes this long article on the debate over federal child porn sentencing titled, "A Reluctant Rebellion."  I just learned about this extended response to the article coming from Alexandra Gelber, the Assistant Deputy Chief of Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section of the Criminal Division of the US Department of Justice. Here is how the extended response starts: I write in response to Mark Hansen?s article ?A Reluctant Rebellion,? which appeared in the June 2009 issue of the ABA Journal.  Although Mr. Hansen?s article raises questions about the child pornography sentencing guidelines, his piece speaks to a much more fundamental question about the legitimacy of the crime at issue...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on July 06, 2009 (boomark / email).