DENVER — A 29-year-old woman in Aurora was sentenced to more than three decades in prison after she pleaded guilty to charges of producing and distributing child sexual abuse material.

On Thursday, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado announced that Charlyna Butterworth was sentenced to 36 years behind bars, followed by supervised release.

Her sentencing came after she pleaded guilty to one count of production of child pornography and one count of distribution of child pornography.

While federal statutes use the phrase "child pornography," the term "child sexual abuse material," or CSAM, is preferred when describing these cases since it better reflects the abuse, the Department of Justice said in 2023 .

All of the children in this case were under the age of 5. Butt

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