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| Tougher laws for traders of child porn |
| By dailyherald.com |
| Published: 04/18/2011 |
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Last week, a South Elgin man was sentenced to three years in prison after being convicted of 22 counts of possession of child pornography. Under a bill that has passed through the Illinois Senate and is now moving to the House, child porn offenders could face tougher sentencing in the future. Attorney General Lisa Madigan is working with lawmakers to get SB1035 passed because it also will give prosecutors power to issue more timely administrative subpoenas to Internet providers to turn over Internet Protocol, or IP, addresses, which help identify the computers used to traffic child pornography along with their owners. Under current law, a subpoena must be issued by a grand jury, a process that can take nearly two months to complete. Under the current law, a defendant with thousands of child pornography images can be sentenced to the same amount of time as a defendant with one image. The bill gives judges the option of imposing consecutive sentences for child porn traffickers. “As technology advances and criminals find new ways to exploit children online, the law enforcement community must adapt and improve how they pursue child porn traffickers,” Madigan said. Read More. |
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