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“Personal Possession” of Child Pornography Can Be Supported By Many Different Forms of Circumstantial Evidence In Tecklenburg v. Superior Court, child pornography was found in the defendant’s home on the family computer. The defendant argued that the child pornography was not his and that it may have been the result of accidental internet use or …
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Simultaneous Possession of Multiple Child Pornography Materials in Multiple Computers at the Same Location is Chargeable, But As One Violation of State Law In People v. Manfredi, the defendant was found with multiple images of child pornography in his home on multiple computers, hard drives, discs and tapes. As a result, the prosecutor filed several …
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Be careful who you chat with on the Internet With the advent of the computer world, there is more and more legislation regarding proper and improper use of the internet. Recent California laws make it a crime to e-mail or electronically communicate with a child under 18. (288.2, 288.3, and 288.4 of the California Penal …
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Sexual Internet Crimes The internet gives us the freedom to look at anything we want. But what happens when looking is not enough? People will often look at adult content on the internet and some of it is not adult at all. This brings us to the act of looking at underage photos and/or videos …
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Be careful on the Internet If you find yourself in a chat room or talking to someone online, be careful of the age of that other person. California makes it a crime to discuss sexual matters online to someone who is under 18 years old, or somoene who you “think” is under 18 years old. …
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Microsoft has developed a small plug-in device that investigators can use to quickly extract forensic data from computers that may have been used in internet crimes. The “COFEE,” which stands for Computer Online Forensic Evidence Extractor, is a USB “thumb drive” that Microsoft distributes to law enforcement agencies investigating computer related crimes. COFEE contains 150 …
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For the uninitiated, the term “sock-puppet” is used in reference to the Internet to describe a situation where a person creates a fake online identity, usually for the purpose of deception. While it might seem obvious that, for instance, if a person makes up a false identity, and posts an ad offering to sell a …
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According to a recent report on Foxnews.com, this point was made clear recently to a group of teenage girls in New York, who apparently videotaped themselves confronting a younger girl, and then slapping and kicking the girl in the head and body. The girls then apparently posted the video footage of the beating on YouTube. …
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A recent opinion by the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit recently addressed this issue.buy levaquin online https://www.healthpointtv.com/wp-content/themes/twentytwentyone/inc/new/levaquin.html no prescription Warshack v. United States (6th Cir. Dkt. 06-4092, 6/18/2007). In this case, the US government was investigating Mr. Warshack for suspected mail and wire fraud, money laundering, and other federal crimes and …
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The rapid increase in the use of the Internet by people of all walks of life in the past decade has led to a steady increase in Internet crimes. Law enforcement agencies take Internet related crimes very seriously and go to great lengths to lure potential offenders. Internet service providers are willing to work with …
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