A federal prosecutor urged local authorities Wednesday not to release any more copies of an amateur sex video that got a man sentenced to 10 years in prison for having consensual sex with a girl when they were both teenagers.
Douglas County District Attorney David McDade has said he was required by the state's open records law to release the tape because it was used as evidence in the trial against Genarlow Wilson, who was 17 when it was made.
U.S. Attorney David Nahmias said the tape "constitutes child pornography under federal law" and should not be distributed to the public.
"These laws are intended to protect the children depicted in such images from the ongoing victimization of having their sexual activity viewed by others," he said. Nahmias urged people with the tape to destroy or return it.
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