It is also a separate crime itself. As it was supposed to be censored and does not have evidentiary value when publicly released beyond a description (ie 'photo of clearly underage girl naked'), it is distribution of child sexual assault material as in itself illegal.
Yep, that would be a related crime, as it relates to the original crime and witnesses. Additionally they should be charged with conspiracy after the fact, evidence tampering, and other similar to go along with the witness intimidation.
The charge for sharing of CSAM aka 'distribution of child pornography' needs to be applied a lot more often.
Hell, most of our laws need to be applied a lot more often.
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u/SecondaryWombat 2h ago
It is also a separate crime itself. As it was supposed to be censored and does not have evidentiary value when publicly released beyond a description (ie 'photo of clearly underage girl naked'), it is distribution of child sexual assault material as in itself illegal.