At 05:37 PM 4/18/02 -0400 Jon Gabriel wrote:
>Under United States law, ignorance is not an excuse. If you download an
>attachment that has a movie or a picture on it, even if you never access it,
>you are considered a criminal who can be prosecuted. The charge will be
>possession of obscene materials, I think , although I'm not positive.
I should point out that it is precisely for situations like these that we
have trial by jury of your peers in the United States. Sure, it might be
illegal by the letter of the law, but you still have to get a jury of your
peers to convict you.
JDG
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