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[dragonimp]

‘Obscene’ U.S. Manga Collector Jailed 6 Months

A U.S. comic book collector is being sentenced to six months in prison after pleading guilty to importing and possessing Japanese manga books depicting illustrations of child sex and bestiality.

Christopher Handley was sentenced in Iowa on Thursday, (.pdf) almost a year after pleading guilty to charges of possessing “obscene visual representations of the sexual abuse of children.”

The 40-year-old was charged under the 2003 Protect Act, which outlaws cartoons, drawings, sculptures or paintings depicting minors engaging in sexually explicit conduct, and which lack “serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value.” Handley was the nation’s first to be convicted under that law for possessing cartoon art, without any evidence that he also collected or viewed genuine child pornography.

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Comic fans were outraged, saying jailing someone over manga does not protect children from sexual abuse.

This seems more like an abuse of the legal system than an actual effort to protect children.

Comments

[greedy-lover.livejournal.com]

It reminds me of this: a man ordered doujin (or something like that) the MAILMAN OPENED THE DUDE'S MAIL AND REPORTED HIM. Um WTF did the mailman not lose his fucking job opening people's private mail. And Also, it's manga, it's published books out there to be bought by the public so technically.. he should be a free man. this needs to be brought up. People have a right to own FICTIONAL porn of characters. It's not real life people... this is why karma needs to start working and kicking ass to those that deserve it. People really fucking suck >

[dragonimp.livejournal.com]

...Isn't opening someone else's mail more than slightly illegal...? Geez. People really do suck.