Child Pornography: The Low-Risk Crime

Tuesday, 09 October 2007 19:00

Sexual exploitation of children isn't registering with some politicians in North Carolina, says PROTECT executive director Grier Weeks, in a column in Monday's Raleigh News and Observer.

North Carolina law makes possession of movies and images of child sexual assault the equivalent of "beach bingo," while the state's law enforcement has been starved of the resources it needs to fight child exploitation. "No North Carolina politician who publicly opposed stronger laws against child pornography or enough cops to investigate Internet predators would survive the next election," says Weeks. "But most voters have no idea where their representatives really stand on child protection." To read the entire article, click here.

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