In child pornography importation cases, the distinction between material depicting real children and computer-generated or cartoon material is significant to the assessment of criminality. Where the material depicting real children is small in quantity, brief, and of relatively lower depravity, and the offender has strong personal mitigating factors, a suspended sentence rather than immediate imprisonment may be the appropriate disposition notwithstanding the paramount importance of general deterrence. The prospect of deportation or visa cancellation is not a mitigating factor in sentencing.
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