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Criminalizing Comic Book Porn

Interesting case for those of you who follow free speech issues.  (UPDATE: Read the comments.)   Some dude in Iowa is going to prison for collecting comic book images of cartoon children being molested.  At first I thought Ashcroft v. Free Speech Coalition would apply.  The law got a head of me.  Child pornography now includes: (a) In General.? Any person who, in a circumstance described in subsection (d), knowingly produces, distributes, receives, or possesses with intent to distribute, a visual depiction of any kind, including a drawing, cartoon, sculpture, or painting, that? (1)       (A) depicts a minor engaging in sexually explicit conduct; and       (B) is obscene; or (2)       (A) depicts an image that is, or appears to be, of a minor engaging in graphic bestiality, sadistic or masochistic abuse, or sexual intercourse, including genital-genital, oral-genital, anal-genital, or oral-anal, whether between persons of the same or opposite sex; and      (B) lacks serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value; 18 U...continue to full post

Full post as published by Crime & Federalism on May 28, 2009 (boomark / email).