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Pandering with child porn illegal

By Smith Law Offices,

From CNN:WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The Supreme Court on Monday upheld a law aimed at preventing child pornography, ruling a provision dealing with "pandering" illicit material does not violate constitutional protections on free speech.Justice Antonin Scalia wrote for the majority, calling Internet child porn a "threat." The 7-2 ruling rejected suggestions the law is overly broad, and will stifle a range of expressive or artistic material that is not obscene. The case involves Michael Williams, convicted in a Florida federal court for promoting child pornography on the Internet. A 2003 federal law made it a crime not only to produce and possess child porn, but also to "pander" material, conveying the belief that material contains minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct...continue to full post

Full post as published by SexCrimeDefender on May 19, 2008 (boomark / email).