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Life Sentence For Carthage Man in Child Pornography Case

By: KOAM, Joplin, MO for CBS News
Updated: December 21, 2012
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CARTHAGE, Mo. -- A man from Carthage, Missouri is sentenced to life in prison without parole for the sexual exploitation of a child.

Todd Smith, 41, was found guilty in August of using a minor to create child pornography.

Authorities were responding to a report that Smith had slapped a child when they found six videos on Smith's cell phone of him engaging in sexual acts with a minor.

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