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October 19, 2009

Child pornography a Growing Concern

W.VA. — One thing U.S. Assistant Prosecutor Karen Schommer knows is that child pornography offenders usually live seemingly normal lives. Schommer, coordinator of the U.S. Attorney Southern District’s Project Safe Childhood, specializes in the prosecution of child exploitation. She was a speaker at last week’s Conference on Crimes Against Children at the Civic Center. Read More >

July 19, 2009

MySpace Sex Offender Gets Life in Prison

GRANITE CITY, Ill., July 19 (UPI) — An Illinois man whose arrest stemmed from an inquiry into sex offenders using MySpace got a life sentence for child porn and other offenses, prosecutors said. Federal prosecutors said they asked MySpace to look at its members to search for sex offenders, and when the name Carl Courtright III turned up, they looked at his profile and got a warrant to search his Granite City home. Read More >

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