US · guidelines
U.S.S.G. §2G2.3
Selling or Buying of Children for Use in the Production of Pornography
(a) Base Offense Level: 38
Commentary
Statutory Provision: 18 U.S.C. § 2251A.
Background: The statutory minimum sentence for a defendant convicted under 18 U.S.C. § 2251A is
thirty years imprisonment.
History
Effective November 1, 1989 (amendment 162). Amended effective November 1, 2009 (amendment 736).
Provenance
- Source
- ussc.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-20
- Edition
- ussg-2016
- Content hash
d52424bda99a7195c77da9faf50b0c773b8ce8772db8c07a1cf502dba4d77fad
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