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joined a friend of the Court brief before the US Supreme Court on an important Child Pornography case. The NLC was joined by child advocacy organizations Stop Child Predators, The KlaasKids Foundation, The Joyful Child Foundation and the Jessica Marie Lunsford Foundation.
Oral argument on case was heard by the Supreme Court on October 30, 2007.
The case, US v. Williams, is an appeal of a federal court striking down a law that prohibited persons from marketing and trafficking child pornography on the internet. "This case is important to provide law enforcement a tool to combat the on-line exploitation of children" said Richard Whidden, NLC Executive Director. "We are proud to partner with leaders in child advocacy field in bringing these arguments in support of children before the Court,” Mr. Whidden added.
The case is scheduled for review by the Supreme Court later this year. To read a copy of this brief, click here.
Thomson Reuters is a premium sponsor with NLC; its CLEAR (Consolidated Lead
Evaluation and Reporting) service provides public record information and
analytics geared to the unique needs of law enforcement and government
investigators. Since June 2006, the National Law Center has trained nearly
1,800 law enforcement professionals and prosecutors on child sexual
exploitation case law and investigation procedures in seminars from coast to
coast. Today the NLC PROTECTS seminars bring together public and private sector
forces to learn about new methods of defending children from exploitation
on-line.
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