Sexual Exploitation Of A Minor ( Federal Sentencing Guidelines

With the growing age of technology, it is becoming easier and easier for minors to fall victim to criminals attempting to exploit their vulnerability. The use of the internet has become a go to resource for child predators across the nation. In United States Federal Courts, the argument has been presented that the sentences in relation to §2G2.2 of the Federal Sentencing Guidelines Manual which outlines the trafficking in material involving the sexual exploitation of a minor (Federal Sentencing Guidelines Manual , 2011). The argument being is this section of the sentencing guidelines are congressionally directed rather than empirically being empirically based.
When federal cases are tried, the length of imprisonment is determined by the United States Sentencing Commission sentencing table (Cite2). The defendant is given a base offense level given the nature of crime itself and then additional levels, known as enhancements, can be added in addition to their base offense level. For example, the base offense level for trespassing is a four, while kidnapping has a base offense level of thirty-two. After all is totaled together, the defendant will receive their Total Offense Level which determines their advised imprisonment time, which is given in the form of months based off of the table.
To help prevent these heinous crimes from reoccurring, organizations such as the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) are “at the forefront of the fight to