CDR: Supreme Court denies reporter's kiddie porn appeal
Declan McCullagh
declan at well.com
Thu Oct 5 10:07:11 PDT 2000
http://www.cluebot.com/article.pl?sid=00/10/05/1654245&mode=thread
High Court Denies Reporter's Kiddie-Porn Appeal
posted by cicero on Thursday October 05, @11:52AM
from the so-much-for-a-fair-trial dept.
The Supreme Court this week declined to hear an appeal from a
journalist convicted of trafficking in child porn, which means
veteran reporter Larry Matthews will be spending some 18 months in
prison. Brill's Content has an in-depth article on the case, including
how the judge barred Matthews from using the First Amendment as a
defense when arguing before the jury. That seems wrongheaded. No
matter whether Matthews downloaded nude images for a story or not --
he had deleted them by the time the FBI raided his home -- he should
have the right to tell a jury his story. Also see an amicus brief
filed by a journalists' group, and a writeup in the Washington City
Paper.
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