Child Pornography Prevention Act of 1995: Hearing Before the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, One Hundred Fourth Congress, Second Session, on S. 1237 ... June 4, 1996, Volume 4

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U.S. Government Printing Office, 1997 - Law - 151 pages
 

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Page 78 - It has been well observed that such utterances are no essential part of any exposition of ideas, and are of such slight social value as a step to truth that any benefit that may be derived from them is clearly outweighed by the social interest in order and morality.
Page 74 - The Court will not formulate a rule of constitutional law broader than is required by the precise facts to which it is to be applied.
Page 81 - When a definable class of material, such as that covered by § 263.15, bears so heavily and pervasively on the welfare of children engaged in its production, we think the balance of competing interests is clearly struck and that it is permissible to consider these materials as without the protection of the First Amendment.
Page 108 - A prosecution for an offence under this section shall not be instituted except by or with the consent of the Attorney- General...
Page 79 - It is evident beyond the need for elaboration that a State's interest in "safeguarding the physical and psychological well-being of a minor
Page 76 - Other interests also support the Ohio law. First, as Ferber recognized, the materials produced by child pornographers permanently record the victim's abuse. The pornography's continued existence causes the child victims continuing harm by haunting the children in years to come.
Page 79 - The most expeditious if not the only practical method of law enforcement may be to dry up the market for this material by imposing severe criminal penalties on persons selling, advertising, or otherwise promoting the product.
Page 44 - Pedophiles might use the materials to encourage children to participate in sexual activity. "[A] child who is reluctant to engage in sexual activity with an adult, or to pose for sexually explicit photographs, can sometimes be convinced by viewing depictions of other children 'having fun ' participating in such activity.
Page 108 - ... or (c) to have in his possession such indecent photographs, or pseudo-photographs with a view to their being distributed or shown by himself or others; or (d) to publish or cause to be published any advertisement likely to be understood as conveying that the advertiser distributes or shows such indecent photographs or pseudo-photographs, or intends to do so.
Page 96 - Pornography submitted to the commission). The incest started at the age of eight. I did not understand any of it and did not feel that it was right. My dad would try to convince me that it was ok. He would find magazines with articles and/or pictures that would show fathers and daughters and/or mothers, brother and sisters having sexual intercourse.

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