POLL: Ohio "Thought Crime?"

Eric Cordian emc at artifact.psychedelic.net
Sun Jul 29 23:03:16 PDT 2001


Matt writes:

> An Ohio man, a convicted child molester, has been sent to prison for 
> seven years for writing fantasies of torturing children in his 
> personal journal. 

I thought his prior conviction was for the same thing, "pandering child
pornography," which given that Ohio also criminalizes all nude pictures,
as well as textual "depictions" of the sexual activity of minors, may also
be largely bullshit. 

> By all accounts, these writings were repulsive. 

By the local community standards of Ohio, perhaps.  I doubt Nifty needs to
worry about the competition.

-- 
Eric Michael Cordian 0+
O:.T:.O:. Mathematical Munitions Division
"Do What Thou Wilt Shall Be The Whole Of The Law"





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