Paroline v. United States

This Court has long recognized the grave "physiological, emotional, and mental" injuries suffered by victims of child pornography. New York v. Ferber, 458 U.S. 747, 758, 102 S.Ct. 3348, 73 L.Ed.2d 1113 (1982). The traffic in images depicting a child's sexual abuse, we have observed, " 'poses an even greater threat to the child victim than does sexual abuse or prostitution' " because the victim must " 'go through life knowing that the recording is circulating within the mass distribution system for child pornography.' " Id ., at 759, n. 10, 102 S.Ct. 3348. As we emphasized in a later case, the…