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Sep. 17, 2010

A Thin Line Between Family Snapshots and Pornography

When does a photograph of a naked child "cross the line" from innocent snapshot to child porn? One mother's shocking story, by Lynn Powell.

By Lynn Powell

Ten years ago, amateur photographer and school bus driver Cynthia Stewart dropped off 11 rolls of film at a drugstore near her home in Ohio. The rolls contained photographs of her then eight-year-old daughter Nora, including several of the child in the shower; photos that would cause the county prosecutor, with almost no investigation, to indict Stewart on two felony charges: "illegal use of a minor in nudity-oriented material" an...

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