Child Pornography

An accusation of child pornography is obviously a big problem. Both state and federal authorities have the jurisdiction to prosecute these cases. If charged with possession of child pornography, it is very important to hire experienced counsel to review the work of law enforcement right away. Law enforcement will regularly monitor the providers of this material and they have access to the IP addresses that are downloading this stuff. Using the IP address, they are able to track down the individuals and their computers.

Law enforcement will obtain IP addresses and then get search warrants. With these search warrants, law enforcement will come to one's home or business and seize computers and cell phones which they will then subject to a forensic analysis. If child pornography is found on these devices, then arrest warrants will quickly follow.

Our firm is experienced in dealing with the legal and technical issues associated with these child pornography cases. We focus on challenging the notion that our clients intentionally and knowingly had this material on their computers. A true nightmare scenario is when another individual has access to one's online life and they download this material without your knowledge. This is something to watch out for very carefully. For various reasons, simply possessing this material on one's computer does not mean that the person knows that it's there. At Stradley, Chernoff and Alford, we have a great level of experience in handling these kinds of cases and we have had very good results for clients in the past.