Ordering a man who photographed his daughter topless to watch pornography while wearing a device monitoring the blood flow to his erect penis was an "extraordinarily invasive condition"of dubious medical value, the 2nd Circuit ruled Thursday.
In 2001, David McLaurin, then living in Alabama, admitted to taking a half-nude photograph of his 13-year-old daughter, who told investigators that she was building a portfolio for her modeling career.
Most of the father's 10-year sentence for making child pornography was suspended, but he had to register as a sex offender under federal law. He complied with his reporting requirements by telling authorities that he was moving to Vermont in 2010, but he violated its terms by failing to fill out the paperwork.
At sentencing, U.S. District Judge William Sessions III found that McLaurin did not try to hide and that he was unlikely to reoffend. But the federal judge nevertheless sentenced him to 15 months in prison, five years of supervised release, and forced him to submit to penile plethysmograph examinations, describing the test as "standard."
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