I recently had a conversation with Sr. Deputy Prosecutor Laura Harmon, who supervises state prosecutions of child pornography crimes for King County, Washington. In light of the rapid developments of A.I. in child pornography cases, I had questions about potential clients’ local jeopardy and called Ms. Harmon. As an example, consider the case of a Read More…
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Tales From the Trenches Don’t Look at Child Porn While on Suspended Sentence for Child Rape State v Justin Smith (Division I Published in Part) #86394-1-1
Mr. Smith pleaded guilty to Rape of a Child in the First Degree in 2021. His prison sentence was suspended, pursuant to RCW 9.94.A.670, based on a psychosexual evaluation indicating he was amenable to community based sex offender treatment. He was placed on community supervision by the WA. Department of Corrections (DOC’). In 2024, Mr. Read More…
Guest Blog: Social Workers Have a Role in Curbing Sexual Grooming in Schools
Guest Blog By Daniel Pollack & Robert Reiser The headlines tell the explicit stories of sexual grooming in schools: “How Teachers ‘Groom’ Students for Sexual Abuse” (Heldiz, 2019) “School Districts That Don’t Have Policies on Teacher-Student Boundaries Are Paying the Price” (Jimenez, 2019) “A Teacher’s Pet or a Victim of Sexual Abuse?”(McKibbin, 2018) A 2004 Read More…