Supreme Court limits restitution for child porn victim

[JURIST] The US Supreme Court [official website] ruled [opinion, PDF] 5-4 Wednesday in Paroline v. United States [SCOTUSblog backgrounder] that a victim of child pornography may be entitled to restitution under 18 USC § 2259 [text] but only to the extent the defendant's offense proximately caused the victim's losses. Doyle Paroline was convicted of possessing child pornography, including two childhood images of "Amy" being abused by her uncle. Paroline appealed the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit's decision,...

Source: http://jurist.org/paperchase/2014/04/supreme-court-limits-restitution-for-child-porn-victim.php

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