United States v. Charles James Thomas

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• concluding that “under section 2251(a) Congress intended to reach extraterritorial acts that otherwise satisfy the statutory elements.”
• holding that 18 U.S.C. § 2251(a) applied extraterritorially to defendant’s acts in Mexico of engaging a minor in sexually explicit conduct for the purpose of creating a visual depiction of that conduct, mailing visual depictions of the conduct, and receiving the material
• holding that 18 U.S.C. § 2251(a) applied extraterritorially to defendant's acts in Mexico of engaging a minor in sexually explicit conduct for the purpose of creating a visual depiction of that conduct, mailing visual depictions of the conduct, and receiving the material
• using a minor in Mexico to produce child pornography violating 18 U.S.C. § 2251(a)
• application of the Act to foreign conduct of American citizen does not violate international law
• “Whether 18 U.S.C. § 2251(a) applies to Thomas’ extraterritorial acts is, therefore, a question of statutory interpretation.”

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