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Child pornography convict Internet ban [3rd Circuit]

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Child pornography convict Internet ban [3rd Circuit]

August 3, 2009 04:16:00 pm

United States v. Thielemann, US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, August 3, 2009 [imposing a 20-year prison sentence and a 10-year Internet ban on a man convicted of receiving child pornography].

Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. Latest commentary available here. JURIST has more on internet restriction laws.

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