Child Sex Offenses
The proliferation of chat rooms and child pornography on the Internet has resulted in an increasing number of prosecutions of child sex crimes in Texas and other states. If you have been caught up in child sex charges, it’s important to contact a lawyer who understands how to handle these kinds of cases. The consequences you face are potentially devastating to your reputation, your career and your freedom.
Many criminal defense attorneys don’t like to take on child sex cases. Our Dallas Child Sex Crime Lawyers don’t shy away from them. We have handled hundreds of child sex cases. Our track record of successful outcomes includes a not-guilty verdict for a day care operator who faced charges of aggravated child sexual assault.
Our lawyers handle the full range of child sex charges, including:
- Possession or distribution of child pornography
- Child exploitation
- Online solicitation or enticement of a minor in a chat room
- Indecency with a child (exposure/contact)
- Child molestation
- Statutory rape
- Aggravated sexual assault of a child
- Super aggravated sexual assault of a child
- Continuous sexual abuse of a child
- Aggravated kidnapping with intent to violate or abuse victim sexually
Penalties for almost all child sex crimes include prison sentences and lifetime registration as a sex offender. Most child pornography cases are charged as federal crimes.
Many child sex cases involve false allegations and false confessions. The cases tend to be difficult to defend because they are relatively free of evidence. In many cases there is no trauma or DNA evidence. For example, the allegation may involve touching, for which the only evidence is testimony from a child.
To defend yourself against child sex charges, you need attorneys who are experienced in cross-examining children and who understand the problems associated with the memory and suggestibility of children.
Sex Offenses
Few things can be more devastating to your life than to be accused of a sex crime. In addition to the damage the accusation does to your reputation, you face consequences which may include a long prison sentence and lifetime registration as a sex offender. Most people who face sex charges have no choice but to fight the charges as aggressively as possible.
Our Dallas Sex Crime Lawyers are known for their aggressive defense of sexual assault and other sex charges. We have tried hundreds of sex cases and have a track record of successful results.
In Texas, sexual assault is the umbrella charge for a variety of sex crimes, including rape and aggravated sexual assault. All sexual assault charges are subject to prison sentences and lifetime registration as a sex offender. Other charges which carry less serious penalties but are equally damaging to your eputation are public lewdness (or lewd conduct), indecent exposure and solicitation of prostitution.
If you face any sex charge, it’s important to contact a lawyer as soon as possible and not say anything to the police. Pleading guilty to any sex-related charge can be a career-destroyer.
We’ve all heard what happened to Sen. Larry Craig when he pled guilty to a reduced charge of disorderly conduct for a sex offense in an airport bathroom. While the criminal penalties he faced were trivial, the consequences on his career and reputation were not.
Dallas Sex Crime Lawyer – Free consultation:
To discuss your sexual assault or other sex crime case with a Dallas criminal defense lawyer, call 214.526.0555, available 24 hours a day, seven days a week, or fill out our simple contact form.
