Castillo v. Texas

[they don't love you like i love you]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castillo_v._Texas

This has to be one of the most retarded court decisions I have ever heard of in recent memory. Just read it. It's one giant facepalm.

[CARLHAYDEN]

I'll have to agree with you.

[Associate Justice PiT]

     Wow that's a bad decision. Do they honestly think that all comic books are intended to be read by children?

[minionofmidas]

Which one? Jury trials exist largely in order to jail the innocent. I suppose the later decisions not to take up the case were on technical grounds. So I suppose we're talking the 5th District Court of Appeals decision linked to in wikipedia. So I'm reading that right now.

Had to laugh at this para: "Finally, Michael Christopher, a licensed private investigator, testified that sexually explicit materials are “prevalent” in North Texas. Christopher went to a number of different stores near Keith's and bought magazines depicting various sexually explicit material. For instance, at a convenience store less than one mile from Keith's, he purchased a Penthouse magazine that had color photographs of men and women performing sex acts and a story of two women having sex with a grasshopper. At a nearby adult boutique, Christopher bought three other magazines that depicted oral sex, anal sex, sex with multiple partners, and bondage. Christopher testified he has gathered these types of material all over North Texas. When asked if the materials were acceptable in the State of Texas, he replied, “I guess so. They are sold all over the place.”"
A grasshopper? Wtf?

Meh. It's all along those well-established facepalm "the jury had the right to make a wrong ruling" lines, really. Though one is indeed left to wonder how, if this verdict stands, any porn may be sold anywhere.

[dead0man]

Wow.  This is why we need profesional juries.  Regular voters are just to funking stupid.

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

I will say that upon reading the details of what happened, Keith's Comics efforts to keep adult material out of the eyesight of any minors who happened to be in the store when an adult customer took an adult comic book out of the restricted section to be purchased were inadequate.  That likely was a factor in the jury's decision.

[Sewer]

lol

[they don't love you like i love you]

     Wow that's a bad decision. Do they honestly think that all comic books are intended to be read by children?

I actually read that the age of the average comic consumer is 24. Then again there are still people who believe that all violent video games must be for children because only children play video games, despite the fact that more females over 18 play video games than males under 18 now.

[RScannix]

Which one? Jury trials exist largely in order to jail the innocent. I suppose the later decisions not to take up the case were on technical grounds. So I suppose we're talking the 5th District Court of Appeals decision linked to in wikipedia. So I'm reading that right now.

Had to laugh at this para: "Finally, Michael Christopher, a licensed private investigator, testified that sexually explicit materials are “prevalent” in North Texas. Christopher went to a number of different stores near Keith's and bought magazines depicting various sexually explicit material. For instance, at a convenience store less than one mile from Keith's, he purchased a Penthouse magazine that had color photographs of men and women performing sex acts and a story of two women having sex with a grasshopper. At a nearby adult boutique, Christopher bought three other magazines that depicted oral sex, anal sex, sex with multiple partners, and bondage. Christopher testified he has gathered these types of material all over North Texas. When asked if the materials were acceptable in the State of Texas, he replied, “I guess so. They are sold all over the place.”"
A grasshopper? Wtf?

Meh. It's all along those well-established facepalm "the jury had the right to make a wrong ruling" lines, really. Though one is indeed left to wonder how, if this verdict stands, any porn may be sold anywhere.

Texas is also the state where officers tried to arrest two gay men using archaic sodomy laws...http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_v._Texas


Seriously, Texas, what the hell is wrong with your law enforcement system over there?