Digital Forensics for Legal Professionals

Chapter 21. Discovery in Child Pornography Cases

Information in this chapter:

• The Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006

• The discovery process

Cases involving contraband, specifically child pornography, require that you follow specific rules to make sure that you get what you need in the case and also can get access to the evidence to be examined by a digital forensic examiner. In this chapter we will discuss how to go about handling discovery in a child pornography case.

Keywords

Child Pornography, Adam Walsh Act, Discovery, Contraband

Introduction

Internet predator and child pornography cases are among the fastest-growing number of cases we see. As a result of the efforts of the Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) task force, cases ...