The Justice System Does NOT Work
Supreme Court Sends Guy to Jail for Selling Adult Comics to Adults
The Comic Book Legal Defense Fund has been providing counsel for Castillo since his arrest in 2000 when he was charged with two counts of obscenity for selling adult comic books to adults.
The State prosecutor did not offer contradictory testimony, but secured a guilty verdict with a closing argument stating, “I don’t care what type of evidence or what type of testimony is out there, use your rationality, use your common sense. Comic books, traditionally what we think of, are for kids. This is in a store directly across from an elementary school and it is put in a medium, in a forum, to directly appeal to kids. That is why we are here, ladies and gentlemen. … We’re here to get this off the shelf.” Castillo was found guilty and sentenced to 180 days in jail, a year probation, and a $4,000 fine.
This sickens me, that a guy could go to jail for selling COMIC BOOKS. What kind of country is the States becoming where this kind of ignorance of an art form, not to mention censorship, is allowed in the Supreme Court?!
Supreme Court Sends Guy to Jail for Selling Adult Comics to Adults
The Comic Book Legal Defense Fund has been providing counsel for Castillo since his arrest in 2000 when he was charged with two counts of obscenity for selling adult comic books to adults.
The State prosecutor did not offer contradictory testimony, but secured a guilty verdict with a closing argument stating, “I don’t care what type of evidence or what type of testimony is out there, use your rationality, use your common sense. Comic books, traditionally what we think of, are for kids. This is in a store directly across from an elementary school and it is put in a medium, in a forum, to directly appeal to kids. That is why we are here, ladies and gentlemen. … We’re here to get this off the shelf.” Castillo was found guilty and sentenced to 180 days in jail, a year probation, and a $4,000 fine.
This sickens me, that a guy could go to jail for selling COMIC BOOKS. What kind of country is the States becoming where this kind of ignorance of an art form, not to mention censorship, is allowed in the Supreme Court?!
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