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Today, the judge is scheduled to hear arguments on whether prosecutors can show the jury the pornographic images – including cartoon rape fantasies – that police said they found on computer disks in Westerfield's house.

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/metro/danielle/20020507-2208-n90513.html

Those images included photos of nude children, photos of people having sex with animals and cartoon videos depicting young girls being tied up and raped, the jurors were told.

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/metro/danielle/20020627-9999_1n27wester.html

At Westerfield's preliminary hearing two weeks ago, prosecutors briefly alluded to their theory that a bondage cartoon showing a young woman being tied up and forcibly assaulted pointed to Westerfield's alleged motive for the crime.

http://www.nctimes.net/news/2002/20020329/11111.html

In his home computer files, they found 64,000 pornographic pictures, including "less than 100" images of young girls in sexual acts. One file contained a cartoon in which a terrified girl begged a man not to rape her.

http://www.courttv.com/trials/westerfield/background_ctv.html

The above are a few sources that state that the rape video was a cartoon.

For those who keep harping on the "rape video," PLEASE go check these sources. Thank you.

Thanks for all of your hard work. I'll bookmark your post.

Just an FYI..maybe you interpret this differently than myself and others...but from the way I read the transcripts, the animations were a separate issue from the movies.

http://www.nbcsandiego.com/News/1530003/detail.html

SAN DIEGO -- Jurors reacted emotionally to the sight of pornographic images -- some said to be depictions of violent attacks on children -- retrieved from David Westerfield's home computer and shown by prosecutors to the jury in his murder trial Tuesday.

At least two jurors cried after viewing the images found on computer discs police seized in Westerfield's home. Prosecutors showed jurors 17 examples of still images and movies found on compact and zip discs.

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/metro/danielle/transcripts/20020625-9999-pm2.html
26 Q. MR. WATKINS, WITH REGARD TO THE VARIOUS IMAGES THAT27 YOU FOUND ON THESE C. D.S AND ZIP DISKS, TO YOUR KNOWLEDGE, HAVE28 THEY BEEN ARRANGED BY AN IDENTIFYING NUMBER AS TO WHICH C. D.?63121 A. YES, SIR, THEY HAVE.2 Q. OR ZIP DISK?3 A. YES, SIR.4 Q. TO YOUR KNOWLEDGE, ARE THE MOVIES AT THE END5 PORTION OF THIS DEMONSTRATION?6 A. YES.7 Q. SO THAT AT LEAST THE FIRST PORTION DEALS WITH STILL8 IMAGES THEMSELVES?

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9 A. YES, SIR.10 MR. CLARKE: YOUR HONOR, WITH THE COURT'S PERMISSION, CAN11 WE LOWER THE LIGHT?12 THE COURT: ALL RIGHT.13 MR. CLARKE, YOU BETTER GET GOING BEFORE I GET IN14 ANY MORE TROUBLE OVER HERE.15 (STILL IMAGES BEING SHOWN TO THE JURY AND ALTERNATES.)

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28 MR. CLARKE: ALL RIGHT. WITH THE COURT'S PERMISSION,63131 YOUR HONOR, I'LL BE PLAYING THE NEXT ZIP DISK OR C. D.2 THE COURT: ALL RIGHT.3 (STILL IMAGES BEING SHOWN TO JURY AND ALTERNATES.)4 5 BY MR. CLARKE:6 Q. ALL RIGHT. MR. WATKINS, DID THE VARIOUS IMAGES7 THAT WE'VE JUST SEEN ACCURATELY DEPICT THOSE IMAGES SEIZED FROM8 ONE OF THE ZIP DISKS THAT WAS TAKEN FROM MR. WESTERFIELD'S

11 Q. THERE APPEAR TO BE ANIMATED OR CARTOON TYPE IMAGES;12 IS THAT CORRECT, IN THIS GROUP?13 A. YES, SIR.14 Q. IS THERE A NAME FOR THOSE IN YOUR PARTICULAR LINE15 OF WORK?16 A. OH, ONE OF THE NAMES WE HEAR IT REFERRED TO IS17 ANIME'.

22 MR. CLARKE: ALL RIGHT. YOUR HONOR, WITH THE COURT'S23 PERMISSION, I'LL BEGIN THE NEXT SEGMENT.24 THE COURT: ALL RIGHT.25 (STILL IMAGES BEING PLAYED FOR THE JURY AND ALTERNATES.)26 27 BY MR. CLARKE:28 Q. MR. WATKINS, THERE APPEARED TO BE I THINK THREE OR63141 SO IMAGES THAT WERE PORTRAYED THERE. DID THOSE ACCURATELY2 DEPICT THOSE IMAGES THAT YOU OBTAINED FROM -- I THINK THIS IS3 ONE OF THE C. D.S FROM EXHIBIT NO. 12 FROM THE OFFICE?4 A. YES, SIR.

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7 MR. CLARKE: ALL RIGHT. AND YOUR HONOR, I BELIEVE THE8 MOVIES START NOW, SO WITH THE COURT'S PERMISSION, I'LL PLAY THIS9 SEGMENT.10 THE COURT: ALL RIGHT. HOW MANY SEGMENTS WILL THERE BE,11 MR. CLARKE?12 MR. CLARKE: I BELIEVE TWO.13 THE COURT: ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.14 MR. CLARKE: I'M SORRY. I THINK THERE'S THREE.15 THE COURT: ALL RIGHT.16 (MOVIE SEGMENTS SHOWN TO JURY AND ALTERNATES.)17 18 BY MR. CLARKE:19 Q. MR. WATKINS, WE SAW WHAT APPEARED TO BE A MOVIE, IS20 THAT RIGHT, ON THIS PARTICULAR C. D.?21 A. YES, SIR.22 Q. AT THE TIME THAT YOU WERE ABLE TO SEIZE THAT -- I'M23 SORRY.24 PERHAPS WE COULD HAVE THE LIGHTS, YOUR HONOR?25 THE COURT: ALL RIGHT.

5 Q. MR. WATKINS, WITH REGARD TO ALL OF THOSE VIDEOS,6 WHAT WAS SHOWN ON THE MONITOR ACCURATELY PORTRAY WHAT YOU7 OBSERVED WHEN YOU OBTAINED THOSE I BELIEVE C. D.S IN THE CASE OF8 THE VIDEOS FROM ITEM NUMBER 128 FROM MR. WESTERFIELD'S OFFICE?