Court touts digital privacy rights, yet upholds NC child porn ruling

Court touts digital privacy rights, yet upholds NC child porn ruling

The 4th US Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld a child pornography conviction in a North Carolina case, despite rejecting the trial judge’s rulings about the defendant’s privacy rights. The decision Tuesday affirms an eight-year prison sentence and 20 years of supervised release for defendant Nico Aaron Lowers. “At its core, this case requires us to decide whether the privacy expectations guaranteed by the Fourth Amendment apply with equal force…