Paroline v. Amy Unknown – Supreme Court News Roundup

Thursday, January 16, 2014 Salt Lake Tribune Utah law professor to make case for child-porn victims On Wednesday, the University of Utah law professor will make that argument before what will be his most important audience yet: the U.S. Supreme Court. It is the first time a crime victim’s attorney has appeared before the court in a criminal case filed by the government; the outcome may result in a historic decision for crime victims’ rights. Friday, January 17, 2014 Seattle Times Child-porn victims want damages from those who view the images A Seattle attorney, representing a woman victimized as a child and still being traumatized by ...

Dutch National Rapporteur Speaking at Georgetown Law

Georgetown Law School DiscussionParoline v. United States: "Legal Challenges and Strategies for Combating Sexual Violence against Children”—A Discussion with the Dutch National Rapporteur on Trafficking in Human Beings and Sexual Violence against ChildrenWednesday, January 22, 20146:00 PMGeorgetown Law School Hotung Sports & Fitness Lobby "Legal Challenges and Strategies for Combating Sexual Violence against Children” - A Discussion with the Dutch National Rapporteur on Trafficking in Human Beings and Sexual Violence against Children When? Wednesday, January 22, 2014, 6:00 PM (followed by a brief reception with heavy hors d'oeuvres) ...

Congressional Briefing: Marsh Law Firm’s Supreme Court Case

Congressional Staff BriefingParoline v. United States: Supreme Court Review of Federal Statute Authorizing Restitution for Victims of Child PornographyThursday, January 23, 20141:30 PM2226 Rayburn House Office Building On Thursday, January 23, 2014, the National Center for Victims of Crime, the National Crime Victim Law Institute and the Netherlands Embassy in Washington, DC, in coordination with the Congressional Victims' Rights Caucus, will hold a Congressional Staff Briefing on the Marsh Law Firm's Supreme Court Case Paroline v. United States: Supreme Court Review of Federal Statute Authorizing Restitution for Victims of Child Pornography. The ...

Dutch National Rapporteur contributes to Supreme Court case

The Dutch National Rapporteur on Trafficking in Human Beings and Sexual Violence against Children wrote this important brief for the Marsh Law Firm's Supreme Court case on restitution for victims of child pornography. [gview file="https://www.childlaw.us/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/12-8561-Amicus-Dutch-National-Rapporteur.pdf"] The case revolves around the question whether victims of child pornography have a right to restitution from offenders convicted of possession of the abuse images. To inform and assist the Supreme Court in the process of making this important decision, the Rapporteur has filed an amicus curiae brief at the request of ...

Emily Bazelon on Slate.com: Paying Amy – Child Pornography and Restitution

Emily Bazelon has written another great piece about our Supreme Court case which was posted today on Slate.com. In Paying Amy -Doyle Paroline owned two pornographic pictures of an 8-year-old girl. How much should he have to pay?, Bazelon explains: Here’s the clearest way to think about how and why Amy and other victims like her should win restitution. Their trauma can’t be neatly parceled out among the individual men convicted for possessing their pictures. But the harm is crystal clear in the aggregate. And so Paroline and other defendants shouldn’t be relieved of their obligation to pay “simply because Amy would continue to suffer harm if ...

James R. Marsh Featured on HuffPost Live – TODAY

I am a featured guest on today's HuffPost Live piece on the Marsh Law Firm's upcoming Supreme Court case on restitution for victims of child pornography. Tune in at 3:30 EST today for what promises to be an interesting panel discussion. Supportive comments and questions are welcome and encouraged.

Extraordinary Outpouring of Amici Support Amy in the United States Supreme Court

Today, twenty-one national and international advocacy organizations, the Dutch National Rapporteur on Trafficking in Human Beings and Sexual Violence Against Children, the attorneys general of thirty-four states and one territory, and a bi-partisan group of seven United States Senators, filed amicus curiae briefs in the United States Supreme Court supporting Amy in her five-year battle to secure federal criminal restitution for victims of child pornography. Here are the amici, briefs, and lawyers which contributed to this extraordinary effort to support Amy's case in the United States Supreme Court: Brief for United States Senators Orrin G. Hatch, ...

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