Conservative icon George Will, allowing that Supreme Court rulings make it 
likely that the "morphed" child porn law will be overturned? Amazing. Next 
perhaps the right's favorite pundit might start talking about how the 
states and not the Feds should be responsible for most criminal laws.

Background:
http://www.politechbot.com/p-02223.html
http://washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A44110-2001Jul24.html
http://www0.mercurycenter.com/premium/opinion/columns/004169.htm
http://enquirer.com/editions/2001/07/15/loc_journal_raises.html

-Declan

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http://washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A63743-2001Jul27.html
The Puzzling Case of a Dirty Diarist
2001-07-29 03:15:56
Category: opinion

The Puzzling Case of a Dirty Diarist
By George F. Will
Sunday, July 29, 2001; Page B07

Brian Dalton, 22, of Columbus, Ohio,
will probably lower the moral tone of the prison if he serves the
seven-year term -- plus 18 months for violation of his probation -- to
which he recently was sentenced. He seems to be an appalling person
with ghastly tastes. But his conviction under a state statute
concerning child pornography is puzzling. He was convicted for writing
in his 14-page journal, for his private delectation, pornographic
stories involving three fictional children, caged in a basement. The
journal was found during a search of his home by his probation
officer. Dalton was on probation after serving time in jail for a 1998
conviction involving pornographic photographs of children. The
Associated Press reports that Dalton's stories about the sexual abuse
and torture of children were so lurid that grand jurors asked the
detective reading them to stop almost as soon as he began. But Dalton
is believed to be the first person ever convicted in any U.S.
jurisdiction for child pornography involving writings rather than
photographs, films or other images of real children. A second problematic 
aspect of Dalton's case is that he evidently had no interest in 
disseminating his writings.

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