Laws need to reflect the relative seriousness and commonality of different acts. We can't keep on going after guys who download or share stuff as if they were violent abusers or actively deceiving/extorting kids to make it.
It’s one of the most critical prosecutorial divisions in South Carolina – tasked with protecting the most vulnerable among us from the most horrific of crimes. Unfortunately, its ranks have thinned so severely in recent years, the sector has become a shadow of its former self – leaving behind a shrinking pool of prosecutors who are overloaded, frustrated and increasingly unable to carry out their mission.
The Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) section – a unit of S.C. attorney general Alan Wilson’s office – bills itself as battling against “the proliferation of child sexual abuse material” and the “heightened activity by predators searching for unsupervised contact with under-aged victims.”
The section “handles cases involving crimes against children facilitated through the use of technology, including the possession and distribution of child pornography, and criminal solicitation of a minor,” according to Wilson’s website.
ICAC is supposed to house nine full-time attorneys and an equal number of support staff and investigators. Due to years of attrition and a flood of recent departures, however, it will be staffed by just two attorneys and three staff members by the end of the calendar year.
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Jim Burton wrote: Sun Nov 30, 2025 11:18 pm
Laws need to reflect the relative seriousness and commonality of different acts. We can't keep on going after guys who download or share stuff as if they were violent abusers or actively deceiving/extorting kids to make it.
It’s one of the most critical prosecutorial divisions in South Carolina – tasked with protecting the most vulnerable among us from the most horrific of crimes. Unfortunately, its ranks have thinned so severely in recent years, the sector has become a shadow of its former self – leaving behind a shrinking pool of prosecutors who are overloaded, frustrated and increasingly unable to carry out their mission.
The Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) section – a unit of S.C. attorney general Alan Wilson’s office – bills itself as battling against “the proliferation of child sexual abuse material” and the “heightened activity by predators searching for unsupervised contact with under-aged victims.”
The section “handles cases involving crimes against children facilitated through the use of technology, including the possession and distribution of child pornography, and criminal solicitation of a minor,” according to Wilson’s website.
ICAC is supposed to house nine full-time attorneys and an equal number of support staff and investigators. Due to years of attrition and a flood of recent departures, however, it will be staffed by just two attorneys and three staff members by the end of the calendar year.
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