--- >From: MarkKernes@private >Date: Wed, 11 Aug 2004 14:27:46 EDT >Subject: Re: [Politech] DOJ steps up obscenity prosecutions with "Susie's >Corral" case [fs] >To: declan@private > > >In a message dated 8/11/04 5:58:58 AM, declan@private writes: > > >>MONTANA MAN SENTENCED TO ONE YEAR IN PRISON FOR TRANSPORTATION OF OBSCENE >>MATERIALS >>Bill Mercer, United States Attorney for the District of Montana, announced >>today that during a federal court session in Billings, on July 7, 2004, >>before U.S. District Judge Richard F. Cebull, GARY ROBINSON, a 63-year-old >>resident of Billings, appeared for sentencing. ROBINSON was sentenced to a >>term of: >>*Prison: 1 year and 1 day >>*Special Assessment: $100 >>*Supervised Release: 3 years >>*ROBINSON was sentenced in connection with his guilty plea to charges of >>transportation of obscene matters. In the fall of 2002, while doing >>business as "Suzie's Corral," ROBINSON used the United Parcel Service to >>distribute obscene videotapes. ROBINSON shipped the videotapes in response >>to orders placed by customers who received the "Susie's Corral" catalog >>through the United States mail. The videotapes depicted bestiality and >>defecation. > > >"Steps up" might be too strong a term. For one thing, Robinson and his >company are not considered part of the (for want of a better term) >"mainstream" adult industry, since the tapes for which he was tried >contain bestiality, which "mainstream" adult material from established >producers does not. Secondly, while this is one of the first federal >prosecutions for obscenity in a very long time, it is of material which >the adult industry does not support, since we assume that animals cannot >consent to having sex with humans; therefore, this would be considered a >form of animal abuse, which "mainstream" adult video producers do not condone. > >That said, I think most in the adult industry would agree that putting the >guy in prison for a year and a day is a bit excessive. > >Mark Kernes, Sr. Ed., Adult Video News (AVN) >http://www.avn.com > >"Posterity — you will never know how much it has cost my generation too >preserve your freedom. I hope you make good use of it." — John Quinncy >Adams, 1838 _______________________________________________ Politech mailing list Archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ Moderated by Declan McCullagh (http://www.mccullagh.org/)
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