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The SBS News Center provides verified updates, research summaries, policy developments, and analysis on issues affecting families after a CSAM accusation or conviction. This page is the primary hub for all articles published by Support Beyond Stigma, ensuring search engines can index each news item and recognize this section as the authoritative source for ongoing updates.
Selective Severity: Inequity and Disproportionate Punishment in Wisconsin
Wisconsin’s mandatory minimum sentencing laws, like those in many states, are rigid in situations that require individualized judgment. Judges are elected to weigh evidence, culpability, risk, rehabilitation, and mitigation, yet mandatory minimums often prevent sentences that reflect the specific facts of a case. That rigidity becomes more concerning when prosecutorial discretion is applied unevenly, as seen in Ozaukee County, Wisconsin under District Attorney Ben Lindsey, with young defendants receiving the harshest outcomes for non‑contact digital conduct while adult authority figures accused of hands‑on behavior receive more flexible charging decisions.
Reconsidering Mandatory Minimums for Young Adults in CSAM Cases - A Policy Argument for Restoring Judicial Discretion
Across the country, policymakers are grappling with the challenge of applying laws written decades ago to a digital world that has transformed far faster than the legal system. Nowhere is this tension more visible than in the prosecution of child sexual abuse material offenses involving young adults.
Cached, Convicted, Condemned: Why Sex Offender Registries and Mandatory Minimums Fail Youth
The doorbell rang before dawn on August 16, 2022. It sounded like a newborn’s cry, sharp and impossible to ignore. I checked my phone: 6:00 a.m., the sky was still dark. When I looked out our windows, officers stood at the front door in vests and fully armed. A Department of Justice forensic truck sat in our driveway; at least five squad cars surrounded our house like an impending storm.
That morning everything changed.
After Babel - The Case Against Social Media: Seven Lines of Evidence
Once again, After Babel has published an exceptional article discussing the extremely negative impacts social media has on our younger generations. In a recent article, it outlines the seven lines of evidence that will help decide thousands of future court cases.