Los Angeles Criminal Defense

Child Pornography Defense

Common internet applications Los Angeles Criminal Defense Attorneys see in child pornography cases include: e-mail, e-groups, mailing lists, newsgroups, discussion boards, bulletin boards, websites, chat-rooms, instant messaging, web cams, video telephones, and digital telephones.

Los Angeles Criminal Defense Attorneys know File Transfer Protocol or FTP is used to download large files from the Internet. It makes it easier to transfer files between computers. Child pornography prosecutions in California include FTP evidence where hundreds, thousands, or even millions images are downloaded at a time.

Los Angeles Criminal Defense Attorneys understand Peer to Peer or P2P is used to share files. It can be used to share music and legitimate videos and other software and files. Child Porn Prosecutions have seen P2P being used for child pornography trafficking. P2P allows users to swap files and to search other user's files for material. Such services include KaZaA, FreeNet, IMesh, Gnutella and Morpheus.

Federal Law Title 18 United States Code makes it illegal it possess, receive and distribute images of child pornography. Los Angeles Criminal Defense Attorneys defend against search warrants used to search and seize digital evidence stored on hard drives and removable media such as floppy disks, CD-ROMs and Zip disks and web browser history. Depending on the type of case, your Los Angeles Criminal Defense Lawyer may decide a defense forensic examination of digital evidence may be necessary.

If your computer has been seized by government agents, you may be waiting for it to be examined because of the backlog, don't delay in defending yourself. Now is the time to contact, the Los Angeles Criminal Defense Attorneys with over 80 years of combined experience in criminal law to defend your case.