New York attorney James Marsh pushed for a law Congress passed in 2006 that increased penalties for child pornography criminals and made it easier for victims to sue. Anderson filed the lawsuit under Masha’s Law, named after one of Marsh’s…
Minn. lawyer aims to track, sue child porn users
James Marsh, an attorney who represented the young woman for which Masha’s Law was named, said few lawsuits have been filed under it partly because few child pornography victims come forward. Also, jurisdictional issues can pose a problem. But he…
Despite Content Purge, Pornographic Images Remain on Wikimedia
“Clearly some of the currently available drawings are obscene, and individuals have been prosecuted for downloading and possessing similar material,” said James Marsh, an attorney who represents victims of child sexual exploitation. The FBI has not commented on whether it’s…
Wikipedia Distributing Child Porn, Co-Founder Tells FBI
But the threat is even greater than the images themselves, says James Marsh, an attorney who wrote about Sanger’s letter to the FBI on his Child Law Blog. “Wikipedia’s continued interest in child sexual exploitation is troubling not only because…
Courts develop ways to aid victims of child porn
A Charlottesville federal judge has joined courts in Texas and Maine in setting a high hurdle for victims of child pornography seeking restitution from defendants convicted of receiving or possessing images of the victims’ abuse. It’s the latest development in…
‘Amy’ seeks restitution from viewers of sex abuse
As of last week, the woman known as “Amy” in every federal district court across the country had received almost 1,000 notices that she had been identified as the victim of a crime. Now, at age 20, she has filed…