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How a Federal program designed to combat sexual abuse went bad.

A “crime” is an offense against the state—a violation of a written statute where there is a penalty attached.

A long accepted belief that sex offenders have a high rate of recidivism turns out to be a myth.

As any parent understands, the young child's world is one where reality and fantasy often merge. And yet this same parent, when called as juror in a case alleging child sexual abuse..

Until recently the rules of evidence precluded the use of character evidence to determine the incident. Character evidence is so central in shaping our opinions as to whether someone did or did not do something that the law long excluded it.

Arizona and Federal law defines Child Pornography as material visually depicting a minor in a sexual manner. See A.R.S.§§13-3551 and 13-3553 and 18 U.S.C. §§ 2251 and 2252.

In response to graphic accounts of child torture and abuse, Congress in 1974 enacted the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act.

American Society has a way of taking a problem and converting it to a crisis overnight.

This article is a summary of the cases involving a Pima County prosecutor accused by me of ethical misconduct and disbarred by the State Bar of Arizona.

In response to graphic accounts of child torture and abuse, Congress in 1974 enacted the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act.