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Prosecutors urge tougher penalties for possession of vast CSAM collections; defenders caution on new crimes
Summary
HB 670 would raise penalties for possession of child sexual abuse material when images depict children under 13 or when 100+ images are possessed; prosecutors emphasized unsustainable volume and AI‑generated material, while the Public Defender urged restraint on creating new criminal categories.
Delegate Gabriel Moreno asked the Judiciary Committee to modernize Maryland’s CSAM statutes in House Bill 670, arguing current law treats possession of child sexual abuse material the same regardless of the age depicted or volume possessed.
Prosecutors and special‑victim unit chiefs described an exponential increase in the volume of images (terabytes of…
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