Sex-diary writer expected to leave jail

[Tyler Durden]

Although something deep down in my gut would LIKE to push this guy into a 
trash compactor, it seems particularly odd that the courts/society view this 
writing as somehow equating with impending action. Actually, it's quite 
possible that these writings might be the very thing preventing him from 
"needing" to do anything in real life. Writing is known to have this 
function in many writers...ie, of sublimating urges that might otherwise be 
acted upon.

So this is something far more insidious than mere thought-policing. The 
state has declared that it has the right to define what symbols mean, as 
well as what the function of art/writing/whatever is.

So I guess talking about how Mike Hawash was railroaded will equate with 
driving an airplane into a large NYC skycraper....

Nothing new for folks on this list, I guess....
-TD


>From: Freematt357 at aol.com
>To: cypherpunks at lne.com
>Subject: Sex-diary writer expected to leave jail
>Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2003 12:30:01 EDT
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>Publication: The Columbus Dispatch;
>Date: Sep 16, 2003;
>Section: Metro;     Page: 22
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>Sex-diary writer expected to leave jail
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>By Jeb Phillips THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH
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>B B B B A man whose conviction for writing about private fantasies of 
>raping and
>torturing children was overturned was expected to be released from jail 
>today.
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>B B B B Brian Dalton posted bail yesterday afternoon, not long after 
>Franklin
>County Common Pleas Judge David E. Cain set it at $50,000.
>
>B B B B Cain told Dalton, 24, that he could have no contact with minors, no
>access to the Internet and that he was under house arrest and parental 
>supervision.
>
>
>B B B B Paperwork for his jail release was being completed early this 
>morning.
>
>B B B B Prosecutors had asked for at least a $100,000 bond.
>
>B B B B "Evidence shows that defendant has admitted prior sex offenses and 
>that
>he poses a significant risk to re-offend,bb prosecutors wrote to Cain. "
>Defendant literally mulls over the idea of sex with children when he sees 
>them on
>the street.bb
>
>B B B B Dalton never has been convicted of abusing children. He pleaded 
>guilty in
>2001 to pandering obscenity.
>
>B B B B His mother had found a diary stating his fantasies about children 
>and
>given it to his probation officer.
>
>B B B B Dalton said the children were imaginary. At the time, he was on 
>probation
>for possession of child pornography.
>
>B B B B Dalton pleaded guilty to the pandering charge, which drew 
>international
>attention. Critics said the charge and his imprisonment violated his First
>Amendment right of self-expression. He tried to withdraw his plea twice, 
>but
>Common Pleas Judge Nodine Miller rejected his requests.
>
>B B B B She sentenced him to seven years for pandering, plus 4B= years for
>violating his probation.
>
>B B B B The Franklin County Court of Appeals overturned his conviction in 
>July,
>citing ineffective counsel.
>
>B B B B Benson A. Wolman, one of the lawyers who filed the appeal for 
>Dalton,
>repeated yesterday an argument he has made for months.
>
>B B B B "He ought not to be in jail on wild charges that are contrary to 
>the
>First Amendment,bb he said.
>
>B B B B Franklin County Prosecutor Ron ObBrien declined to talk about the 
>bond.
>His office has asked the Ohio Supreme Court to review the lower 
>appealscourt
>decision, and Wolman said Daltonbs response to the Supreme Court is due 
>Sept.
>29.
>
>B B B B If the Ohio Supreme Court passes on the case, Dalton still can be 
>retried
>before Cain.
>
>B B B B jeb.phillips at dispatch.com
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