Yes, there have been prosecutions. Four of the five appelate cases
arose from criminal convictions; the Ninth Circuit case was brought by
the porn industry as a facial challenge (and was the only successful
1A defense).
See:
http://www.politechbot.com/p-01501.html
-Declan
On Tue, Apr 24, 2001 at 10:22:51PM -0700, Tim May wrote:
> On Tuesday, April 24, 2001, at 09:46 PM, Declan McCullagh wrote:
>
> > On Tue, Apr 24, 2001 at 09:27:10PM -0700, Tim May wrote:
> >> If this becomes law, it will be a case of pure thoughtcrime. No
> >> victims,
> >> no aggression against another person, no actual people. Just
> >> thoughtcrime.
> >
> > It is law, actually. Passed in 1996, with the Bruce Taylors of the
> > world testifying in favor of it before Senate Judiciary. Hatch
> > and Feinstein were chief sponsors.
> >
> > Five appeals courts have ruled on it. All but one (the Ninth Circuit)
> > said it was constitutional.
> >
>
> Thanks. I had forgotten which laws passed, which were struck down, and
> which quietly died in committee. (Feinstein, especially, proposes a lot
> of sickeningly statist laws...)
>
> Have there been any prosecutions yet on this? Or is prosecution on hold
> while the courts review it?
>
> --Tim May
