ICv2.com: Handley Trial Start Date Set

The comics business news and analysis site ICv2.com notes that the jury trial for Christopher Handley, accused of possessing child pornography in the form of comics books, is scheduled to begin February 2. A favorable ruling was won last summer on parts of the indictment, but Handley still faces significant jail time if convicted.

This is shitty law applied in horrifying fashion in a way that has nothing to do with whether or not you support child pornography, in the same way that possessing Identity Crisis #1 doesn't make you a supporter of snuff films. I've worked with families destroyed by abuse, I don't own any of the kinds of manga supposedly involved and I'd probably punch you in the face if you tried to bring it into my house, but I sure as hell own a copy of R. Crumb's "Joe Blow" and I'd rather not go to jail for it, thanks.

While I was running interviews on this site and off helping Santa at the North Pole, this interview ran with CBLDF Executive Director Charles Brownstein and a Child Protection Advocate about some of the issues involved. I don't remember seeing it linked up, although I'm sure it was.
 
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