"Every day of my life, I live in constant fear that someone will see my pictures, recognize me and that I will be humiliated all over again," she wrote, recounting the lingering scars left on her life, despite years of therapy. So far Amy, which is not her real name, has received about $170,000 in court-ordered restitution, and judges in several states have agreed that not only those who commit sex acts against children are culpable, but also those who download the images.īut not every jurisdiction agrees with the heavy court-ordered payments for those who view such images.
Some judges have said restitution goes too far in punishing pedophiles whose only crime is to view photos, but Amy's lawyer, James Marsh, disagrees, saying the brutality in the "secret society" of child pornography requires tough measures. "This is not 13-year-olds in bras or sexting or 17-year-old girls gone wild - these are kids who are raped," said Marsh, a New York City lawyer.
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