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Jury convicts Max Hardcore.

By Marks & Katz, LLC

  Bill of Rights (From public domain.) On June 3, 2008, I blogged about the Paul Little/Max Hardcore federal obscenity trial that was then underway.  Sadly, on June 5, the jury convicted Mr. Little on ten counts of distributing obscenity online and by snail mail. Jury deliberations were emotional. The foreperson told the judge on the same day of the guilty verdict: "Emotions were very high ... It would be great if we could take a break now." Was the jury unconstitutionally pressured by the judge into reaching a unanimous verdict?  In his closing argument, defense lawyer Jeffrey Douglas tried obtaining an acquittal by arguing that the allegedly obscene material has political value. He argued that "the politically incorrect depiction and relationship with women ...continue to full post

Full post as published by Underdog on June 06, 2008 (boomark / email).