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Mental health in CSAM cases

The use of mental-health evidence in CSAM cases to justify downward recommendations or alternative sentences.

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Jan 7, 2026

What role do defense mitigation (mental health, coercion, entrapment) play in plea bargaining for CSAM offenses?

Defense mitigation — including mental-health evidence, claims of coercion/duress, and entrapment arguments — plays a substantial but constrained role in plea bargaining for CSAM offenses: when credibl...

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