In a story written by Danny Robbins for the Associated Press and published by the Salt Lake Tribune, a woman in Dallas, Texas, has recently been accused of "collecting" child pornography - and apparently she's been doing it for more than a decade.
And she's said to be wealthy, living in a $1.4 million, 4,000-square-foot home, as Robbins reports, with her attorney-husband (who is not implicated in the criminal charges).
"I've seen cases of women collecting or trading child porn, but not very often and not somebody in that socio-economic strata," said the executive director of a Fort Worth-based child advocacy organization.
For all the hubbub about the woman's money, the federal charges allege possession and distribution of child porn, which obviously cut through issues of wealth and class. She faces three decades behind bars if convicted.
The question that many have in this case is why she felt compelled to collect and trade child porn, given that she does not appear to have been under any duress to do so by someone else, which is often the case.
One defense attorney said he's had cases involving distribution by women that were more or less directed by men. But, as quoted, "It's very rare that women have an interest in sharing files."
One of the most important quotes in Robbins's piece is that of a psychiatrist: "There are marked differences among people who are accessing these materials, and one of the things we need to determine is the extent to which they do or do not reflect a danger to the community."
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