Court Overturns Child Porn Conviction
Fredrick Kunkle writes in The Washington Post:
The increasingly common law enforcement tactic of having adult officers pose as children in Internet chat rooms to arrest potential sex offenders came under legal attack yesterday when Maryland's highest court ruled that the law does not allow the prosecution of people who merely believed they were dealing with children.
The Maryland Court of Appeals unanimously overturned the Frederick County Circuit Court conviction of Richard J. Moore, saying he could not be found guilty of committing a crime with a nonexistent victim.
The head of the Maryland State's Attorneys' Association said the ruling effectively guts efforts to catch people preying on children via the Internet.
posted by Fergie @ 9/08/2005 06:24:00 AM
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