Seattle Internet Child Pornography Lawyer

Building Your Defense Through Technological and Legal Knowledge

Internet child pornography is one of the hottest growth areas in law enforcement. Virtually everyone is connected to the Internet and using it daily to download content from the web. Modern software design hides many activities that are going on behind the scenes, creating danger for you. Files are being downloaded and even saved on your computer without your knowledge. Every time you visit a website, your computer is downloading and saving images that you didn't intend to. Depending on where you're browsing, or what software you're using, these downloaded images may contain images of child pornography. You may be in possession of child pornography and not even know it!

Sophisticated networks of "crime-watchers" like the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) constantly monitor the Internet, watching for these images and reporting their findings to local law enforcement. If police have probable cause to believe that you are in possession of child pornography, even if you are unaware of it, they may obtain a search warrant from a judge and show up unexpectedly at your front door to conduct an embarrassing and devastating search of your home, hauling away all your computers.

Do Not Underestimate the Value of Your Right to Remain Silent

This isn't some television Law & Order scenario: seizures like this happen all the time. Your house may be ransacked and all your computers seized as evidence. Criminal prosecutions for child pornography are PUBLIC and a mere accusation may be enough to bring your career and life to a halt. Don't let this happen to you. If you've been charged with, or are under investigation for, Internet child pornography, contact me immediately. DO NOT make any statements to police. Don't assume that they will "go easy on you" if you cooperate. They won't. There's a reason you have a right to remain silent: use it.

Crafting a Technologically Sound Defense Strategy

As both a criminal defense attorney and software engineer, I'm intimately familiar with the underlying technology that is used to create and disseminate images over the Internet. I know how these images are stored on a computer. I'm familiar with the software that is used to download files, and how they store them and where. I know how to distinguish allocated hard disk sectors from unallocated sectors in order to determine if a file has been deleted (which would indicate no intent to possess), and I'm familiar with browser caching considerations that can counter a claim that a file was deliberately saved.

I know how easy it is to manipulate an image in PhotoShop, making an 18 year old look like a 14 year old. The point is — there are many ways to fight a child pornography case, and I know more of them than the prosecutor does. Armed with this knowledge, I can show you how to fight the government's case.

Sex offender registration is uniquely harsh and can limit your residential and career choices for the rest of your life. You don't want to live that life. It's critical that you act promptly to preserve the evidence now and retain your best shot at a defense. Contact the Law Office of Robert Perez to schedule your free initial consultation to discuss how we will fight these charges.