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The guidelines that assign high base offense levels and aggravating enhancements in CSAM possession cases, making probation less likely.
To charge someone with child sexual abuse material (CSAM), prosecutors must assemble evidence that proves the material depicts minors and that the defendant knowingly possessed, produced, or distribut...
The number of images in a is a major driver of sentence severity because both and build image-count thresholds into enhanced punishment rules, but the specific thresholds and effects vary widely acros...
Intent and knowledge can be decisive defenses to federal CSAM charges in many circumstances: federal statutes criminalize possession, receipt, distribution and "access with intent to view" so prosecut...
There are documented examples where individuals convicted of possessing child sexual abuse material () received probation rather than a lengthy prison term, but those outcomes vary widely by jurisdict...
Prosecutors and judges weigh a mix of legal, evidentiary and risk-assessment factors when deciding whether to offer or accept probation in (CSAM) possession cases, with possession alone carrying more ...
An unconditional discharge in New York is a legislated but rarely used sentence that enters a final judgment of conviction while imposing no prison, fine or probation, and — when used for a felony — r...
When a defendant assaults a federal officer or commits an assault on federal property, 18 U.S.C. § 111 creates a parallel federal avenue for prosecution that can carry higher or different penalties th...
Tax evasion in the United States remains a felony with steep criminal and civil consequences: federal law criminalizes willful attempts to evade tax and authorizes up to five years’ imprisonment and s...