Category: Child Pornography
Federal and state prosecutors aggressively pursue child pornography charges. They often use digital evidence to support their cases. But what if someone is in possession of such material without realizing it—or is charged due to a mistake entirely beyond their control? The law acknowledges that not all possession is intentional. In some cases, someone may…
With the rapid advancements in artificial intelligence that have taken place over the past few years, people have access to tools that allow them to generate visual media with stunning realism. One of the most controversial uses of this technology is the creation of sexually explicit images of child subjects. In response, Texas passed a…
Department of Justice Criticized for Dark Web Child Porn Site Do law enforcement agencies ever go too far in their efforts to catch criminals? That’s the question being asked in a case involving the Department of Justice and its decision to operate a child pornography site on the dark web. Recently, a federal judge stated…
By: Clint Broden Dallas Federal Criminal Defense Lawyer While criminal cases in federal court are not often dismissed (unlike state court where dismissals happen more frequently), dismissals do happen. That is why it is important that, if you are charged with an offense in federal court, you hire an attorney with significant experience representing criminal…
A man from Fort Worth in Texas has been sentenced to 30-years in a federal prison after he moved to Mexico, married a woman and molested her daughter. The Dallas Morning News reported on how Ronald Douglass Sweatt admitted to one charge of producing child pornography in May. The report said he returned to Texas…
Child pornography charges are taken very seriously and dealt with by the federal authorities. We wrote about the difficulty of defending child pornography cases here. Recently, the Dallas Morning News reported on how a 38-year-old man from Little Elm was sentenced to federal prison on child pornography violations, according to a press release from the…
The recent arrest of a former coach at a prestigious Texas high school on child pornography charges, highlights the complex nature of these kinds of investigations. Gordon Oehmig, a former wrestling “Coach of the year” at St. Thomas, an all-boys Catholic school in Houston, was accused of having more than 1,500 images and 900 videos,…
We have written often about the importance of hiring an experienced attorney to represent you in the event you are charged with a child pornography offense in federal court. The penalties are simply much too severe to risk retaining an attorney who has not had significant experience in handling these types of cases. A recent…
We have previously blogged on Defending Child Pornography Offenses in Federal Court. As we explained, federal prosecutors are prosecuting child pornography offenses at an astounding rate both here in the Northern District of Texas and throughout the country. We also discussed the dramatic changes over the years in the federal sentencing guidelines for child pornography….