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The Children's Hour: Child pornography in Arkansas

Overview / Background, reaction and followup
The Children's Hour: Jan. 7-10, 2001

An overview


Day 1
    Prosecutors in Arkansas and the nation are inundated with child pornography cases, many of them prompted by easy access on the Internet. Also, John McMullen spent years drugging, raping and videotaping underage girls in Northwest Arkansas. But many of those tapes have disappeared. And prosecutors wonder how many victims still don't know what happened to them.
   
    Stories:
   
An unending cry
    House of Horrors
    Spotlight on Arkansas:
   
    Infographics:
The Internet and the rise of child pornography
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Cybertips.com, Useful websites for more information about combating child pornography
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Day 2
    Meet K.D. She was 14 when she put her trust in a 43-year-old man she met on the Internet. Since she took off with the stranger, this Northwest Arkansas teen-ager has not been the same. And her family is worried sick. Also, he is a Memphis undercover agent who prowls the Internet posing as a child. You'll be amazed at who he finds -- or who finds him.
   
    Stories:
    Web of deception
    Internet: Rough love
    Study finds 1 in 5 children have been sexually solicited on the Web
   
Day 3
    When Diana found that her husband had taken sexually explicit pictures of her daughter, she called the sheriff. See what happens when a family faces its secret shame.
   
    Stories:
    Their secret shame: Families torn apart by hidden abuse
   
Day 4
    The mother did everything she was supposed to do, but that didn't stop a predator in Arkansas from sending child pornography to her 15-year-old daughter. Experts explain how you can keep the Internet safe for your children with tips and a list of fun family Web sites.
    Stories:
    'Mr. Nasty' meets one angry mom
    Computer filters give parents tool to sift out pornography
    Parents ' attention key to keeping kids safe

Infographics:
Internet rules of the road
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Filtering the Web
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What you should tell your children about the Internet
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Contributing to this series
Reporters: Rodney Bowers, Emmett George, Chad Hayworth, Dave Hughes, Laura Kellams, Linda Satter, Julie Stewart, Doug Thompson
Photographers: Karen Segrave, Stephen Thornton, Karen VanDonge, Cindy Blanchard
Graphics: Kirk Montgomery
Editors: Barry Arthur, David Bailey, Frank Fellone, Roger Hedges, Ray Hobbs, Rhonda Owen, Griffin Smith, John Sykes, Todd Stone, Sandra Tyler, Matt Peterson
Designers: Ray White, Doug Grimsley, Stan Denman
Researchers: Dauphne Trenholm, Rosie Dixon, Jeff Porter

Background, reaction and followup

December 2000
   
61-year-old charged in rape case
    Former pastor gets prison term for possessing child pornography

October 2000
    Fayetteville: Council candidate Zurcher won't face charges
    OPINION: Randy in Wonderland
    Fayetteville: Zurcher: Porn was bad call
    Fayetteville: Candidate ducks query about probe

September 2000
    Ex-doctor who had porn gets 37 months
    Grand jury charges T.J. Hively, associates
    Man pleads guilty to having child porn
    Subject of porn inquiry runs for Fayetteville City Council

August 2000
    Porn count unlikely in inquiry at agency
    Investigator studies files in porn case
    'You might as well accuse Santa Claus,' Zurcher friend says
    Child porn found on computers in state offices triggers inquiry

June 2000
    War on porn shifts to NW Arkansas
    Public libraries grapple with porn-site access
    Preacher crusades to enforce video law
    Carnal abuse, porn net 4 years in prison
    Child porn case dismissed; time runs out
    Jury convicts 35-year-old of girl's rape, porn charge
   
May 2000
    Jury convicts doctor of having child porn
    Trial begins for man found with child porn
    Mississippi man indicted in LR on child pornography charges
    Man faces child porn site charge
    Northwest news in brief
   
April 2000
    Planning chief fired after child-porn arrest
    Planning chief arrested in case of porn via Net
   
March 2000
    Northwest Arkansas news wrap-up
    Man arrested after girl, 15, is sent porn via computer
    Man pleads guilty to rape, sexual abuse of 2 girls
    A tangled Web: Innocent person can get caught
    Pornography counts added to rape case
    Man faces charges of stealing, child exploitation
    Teacher, 31, pleads innocent to charge of child pornography
    2 youths plead innocent to child-porn charges
   
February 2000
    Trucker sentenced in child porn case
   
January 2000
    Jury deadlocks in child-porn trial
   


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