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Federal law makes "obscenity" illegal. However the statute does not define obscenity. The Supreme Court set the three prong "Miller Test" for juries to determine if a book, video, photograph, etc, is obscene. In essence a jury must watch a video from beginning to end and then determine if:

*Whether the average person, applying contemporary community standards, would find that the work, taken as a whole, appeals to the prurient interest,
*Whether the work depicts/describes, in a patently offensive way, sexual conduct or excretory functions specifically defined by applicable state law,
*Whether the work, taken as a whole, lacks serious literary and/or artistic, political, or scientific value.

Should the government make prosecution of adult material a top priority?

2007-03-11 15:11:55 · 1 answers · asked by bartmcqueary 3 in Politics & Government Law & Ethics

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I think the prosecution of child pornography should be a top priority. Moreover, I think it has been a top priority. The PROTECT Act of 2003 was some recent legislation that strengthened the fight against child pornography: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PROTECT_Act_of_2003

2007-03-12 07:43:31 · answer #1 · answered by Katt_in_the_Hat 6 · 1 0

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