Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
So what community standards should be used to determine if a crime was committed? . . .
The trial of Extreme Associates begins March 16 before U.S. District Judge Gary L. Lancaster — more than five years after the original indictment was brought on charges that the owners of the company, Robert Zicari, and his wife, Janet Romano, transported obscene materials across state lines.
Jurors will be forced to answer three questions in their deliberations: Are the materials patently offensive? Do they appeal only to prurient interests? Do they have any serious artistic, literary, social or political value? . . .
Related:
Jennie G. Arnold, United States v. Extreme Associates, Inc.: The Substantive Due Process Death of Obscenity Law, 74 U. Cin. L. Rev. 607 (2005)
3rd Circuit Ruling in Extreme Obscenity Case Praised by Director of Reagan Porn Commission, Now ADF CEO
ADF, 12.8.2005
United States v. Extreme Associates, Inc., No. 05-1555 (3rd Cir. Dec. 8, 2005)
Federal Obscenity statutes do not violate the constitutional right to privacy as set forth in relevant Supreme Court precedents.
U.S. v. Extreme Associates, Inc., 2005 WL 121749 (W.D.Pa. Jan 20, 2005) (NO. CRIM.03-0203)
Federal obscenity statutes violate the constitutional guarantees of personal liberty and privacy of consenting adults who wish to view obscene materials in the privacy of home.
