Posted on 06/09/2010 12:00:15 PM PDT by penelopesire
Dave Weigel called Alvin Greene the “the kind of opponent candidates dream about,” but he didn’t know the half of it. Jim Geraghty noted that the new Democratic nominee to run against conservative stalwart Sen. Jim DeMint in South Carolina hadn’t filed any paperwork with the FEC on fundraising, but perhaps he just didn’t want to get in any more trouble with the law than Greene already faces. The Democratic nominee isn’t just “wholly unserious” — the AP reports that he’s been charged with a felony obscenity offense that could get him five years in prison: South Carolina’s surprise Democratic nominee to challenge U.S. Sen. Jim DeMint is facing a pending felony charge. Court records show 32-year-old Alvin Greene was arrested in November and charged with showing obscene Internet photos to a University of South Carolina student. The felony charge carries up to five years in prison. … Records indicate Greene showed photos to a woman and talked about going to her room at a university dorm. Um … wow. Just … wow. The Associated Press had better be sure of its reporting, because if this turns out to be another Alvin Greene, they’ll have to have their checkbooks handy. They did call and ask for a response, but Greene told them he had no comment.
Democrat Pedophile ping!
Let’s face it, if he were a white man, he’d be governour of Arkansas by now.
When the NEA funds obscenity (like a naked man with a bullwhip up his rectum) there is no felony charge. Why is that?
She’s a college student. Or was the porn of a minor?
Not sure yet.
Well technically unsolicited explicit imagery probably violates some wire and postal codes.
But they call it “obscene”, which it may very well be, but I rarely hear about “obscenity” when the recipient is not a minor anymore.
And even then, there is the arts thing, and there is the “fistgate” and other sex scandals of the Safe Schools Czar trying to expose minors to sexually explicit deviant materials IN schools. Again, no “obscenity” or “corrupting a minor” charge (recently police used a “corrupting a minor” charge against a ballpark patron who use foul language at a game).
With what passes for 7pm entertainment on the commercial cable networks and even major networks, foul language in and of itself could not possibly meet the “local standards” challenge.
And then there is the government’s lack of prosecution of spammers who flood the internet email accounts with porn. Definitely illegal yet no felony prosecution or investigations.
Ooh boy ..... morals, folks .. morals.
So the AP had this story for some time and DIDN’T report it!? That tells you 2 things: 1.) the guy’s a democrat; 2.) he’s black.
when the headline said democrat facing obscenity offense... I thought someone was going to charge Obama with obscenity for saying he was looking for someones a$$ to kick.
Or President...
This is kinda weird. Were they chatting on the internet, and maybe he sent her one of the more famous “shock images”, e.g. goatse ?
(Please, please do not go and google that if you’ve never heard of it; just take my word that it is nasty).
Why are you calling him a pedophile and sending out a ping when you’re not sure of the details yet?
SECTION 16-15-305. Disseminating, procuring or promoting obscenity unlawful; definitions; penalties; obscene material designated contraband.
(A) It is unlawful for any person knowingly to disseminate obscenity. A person disseminates obscenity within the meaning of this article if he:
(1) sells, delivers, or provides or offers or agrees to sell, deliver, or provide any obscene writing, picture, record, digital electronic file, or other representation or description of the obscene;
(2) presents or directs an obscene play, dance, or other performance, or participates directly in that portion thereof which makes it obscene;
(3) publishes, exhibits, or otherwise makes available anything obscene to any group or individual; or
(4) exhibits, presents, rents, sells, delivers, or provides; or offers or agrees to exhibit, present, rent, or to provide: any motion picture, film, filmstrip, or projection slide, or sound recording, sound tape, or sound track, video tapes and recordings, or any matter or material of whatever form which is a representation, description, performance, or publication of the obscene.
(B) For purposes of this article any material is obscene if:
(1) to the average person applying contemporary community standards, the material depicts or describes in a patently offensive way sexual conduct specifically defined by subsection (C) of this section;
(2) the average person applying contemporary community standards relating to the depiction or description of sexual conduct would find that the material taken as a whole appeals to the prurient interest in sex;
(3) to a reasonable person, the material taken as a whole lacks serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value; and
(4) the material as used is not otherwise protected or privileged under the Constitutions of the United States or of this State.
(C) As used in this article:
(1) “sexual conduct” means:
(a) vaginal, anal, or oral intercourse, whether actual or simulated, normal or perverted, whether between human beings, animals, or a combination thereof;
(b) masturbation, excretory functions, or lewd exhibition, actual or simulated, of the genitals, pubic hair, anus, vulva, or female breast nipples including male or female genitals in a state of sexual stimulation or arousal or covered male genitals in a discernably turgid state;
(c) an act or condition that depicts actual or simulated bestiality, sado-masochistic abuse, meaning flagellation or torture by or upon a person who is nude or clad in undergarments or in a costume which reveals the pubic hair, anus, vulva, genitals, or female breast nipples, or the condition of being fettered, bound, or otherwise physically restrained on the part of the one so clothed;
(d) an act or condition that depicts actual or simulated touching, caressing, or fondling of, or other similar physical contact with, the covered or exposed genitals, pubic or anal regions, or female breast nipple, whether alone or between humans, animals, or a human and an animal, of the same or opposite sex, in an act of actual or apparent sexual stimulation or gratification; or
(e) an act or condition that depicts the insertion of any part of a person’s body, other than the male sexual organ, or of any object into another person’s anus or vagina, except when done as part of a recognized medical procedure.
(2) “patently offensive” means obviously and clearly disagreeable, objectionable, repugnant, displeasing, distasteful, or obnoxious to contemporary standards of decency and propriety within the community.
(3) “prurient interest” means a shameful or morbid interest in nudity, sex, or excretion and is reflective of an arousal of lewd and lascivious desires and thoughts.
(4) “person” means any individual, corporation, partnership, association, firm, club, or other legal or commercial entity.
(5) “knowingly” means having general knowledge of the content of the subject material or performance, or failing after reasonable opportunity to exercise reasonable inspection which would have disclosed the character of the material or performance.
(D) Obscenity must be judged with reference to ordinary adults except that it must be judged with reference to children or other especially susceptible audiences or clearly defined deviant sexual groups if it appears from the character of the material or the circumstances of its dissemination to be especially for or directed to children or such audiences or groups.
(E) As used in this article, “community standards” used in determining prurient appeal and patent offensiveness are the standards of the area from which the jury is drawn.
(F) It is unlawful for any person knowingly to create, buy, procure, or process obscene material with the purpose and intent of disseminating it.
(G) It is unlawful for a person to advertise or otherwise promote the sale of material represented or held out by them as obscene.
(H) A person who violates this section is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, must be imprisoned not more than five years or fined not more than ten thousand dollars, or both.
(I) Obscene material disseminated, procured, or promoted in violation of this section is contraband and may be seized by appropriate law enforcement authorities.
So Playboy and Hustler are illegal there? If these magazines are covered but not a photo off the internet, then I don’t understand how they ‘swing’ on that.
Is the headline meant as sarcasm? If not, it’s completely misleading headline.
Here is another version from AP:
http://m.apnews.com/ap/db_8545/contentdetail.htm?contentguid=7sAFDYPI
Did you go to the link? That is the Hot Air headline....
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