United States First Circuit

Sentence of fifteen years and eight months incarceration for attempting to produce child pornography is affirmed where: 1) there was no gross disproportionality between the fifteen-year mandatory minimum term of imprisonment established by 18 U.S.C. section 2251(e) and the offense of which the defendant was convicted; and 2) the defendant's Eighth Amendment challenge failed.

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• Decided 10/30/2008
• Published 10/30/2008

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• United States First Circuit

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