Revision of the Federal Criminal Code: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Criminal Justice of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, Ninety-sixth Congress, First Session, on Revision of the Federal Criminal Code, February 14, 15, 22, 27, September 6, 7, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 17, October 9, 11, and 25, 1979, Part 4 |
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Page 2935
... subsection ( 1842 ( a ) ( 1 ) ) should be eliminated and replaced with a standard prohibition against abusing federal jurisdiction with obscenity for any reason and by or to any person . This would preserve the scope of the present ...
... subsection ( 1842 ( a ) ( 1 ) ) should be eliminated and replaced with a standard prohibition against abusing federal jurisdiction with obscenity for any reason and by or to any person . This would preserve the scope of the present ...
Page 2937
... Subsection 1842 ( b ) ( 5 ) defines " obscene " in three parts , the first adapts the second part of the " Miller Test " dealing with patent offensiveness and provides specific sexual conduct . This first provision departs from the ...
... Subsection 1842 ( b ) ( 5 ) defines " obscene " in three parts , the first adapts the second part of the " Miller Test " dealing with patent offensiveness and provides specific sexual conduct . This first provision departs from the ...
Page 2940
... Subsection 1842 ( c ) , " Defense , " allows pornographers to use the mails and facilities of commerce into and out of those states which may not have an obscenity statute as comprehensive as the federal law , and into and out of those ...
... Subsection 1842 ( c ) , " Defense , " allows pornographers to use the mails and facilities of commerce into and out of those states which may not have an obscenity statute as comprehensive as the federal law , and into and out of those ...
Page 2941
... Subsection 1842 ( d ) , " Affirmative Defense , " is not much better . This provision allows for bona fide use and study of obscenity , but further allows any so - called " licensed or certified psychiatrist , psychologist , or medical ...
... Subsection 1842 ( d ) , " Affirmative Defense , " is not much better . This provision allows for bona fide use and study of obscenity , but further allows any so - called " licensed or certified psychiatrist , psychologist , or medical ...
Page 2942
... Subsection 1842 ( f ) limits the scope of federal jurisdiction for no apparent reason . If the conduct is to be criminal , and the law meant to curtail that criminal conduct , then the federal authori- ties should be able to investigate ...
... Subsection 1842 ( f ) limits the scope of federal jurisdiction for no apparent reason . If the conduct is to be criminal , and the law meant to curtail that criminal conduct , then the federal authori- ties should be able to investigate ...
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Page 2935 - In determining what is obscene material, the basic guidelines for the trier of fact must be: (a) whether the "average person, applying contemporary community standards" would find that the work, taken as a whole, appeals to the prurient interest; (b) whether the work depicts or describes, in a patently offensive way, sexual conduct specifically defined by the applicable state law; and (c) whether the work as a whole, lacks serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value.
Page 2919 - Vice is a monster of so frightful mien, As, to be hated, needs but to be seen; Yet seen too oft, familiar with her face, We first endure, then pity, then embrace.
Page 3195 - ... investigation, including reports of informants and investigators, and associated with an identifiable individual; or (C) reports identifiable to an individual compiled at any stage of the process of enforcement of the criminal laws from arrest or indictment through release from supervision.
Page 3658 - ... not paid, offered or promised to pay, contributed, offered or promised to contribute to another, to be paid or used, any money or other valuable thing as a compensation or reward for the giving or withholding a vote at such election...
Page 3370 - Except as otherwise expressly provided by law, no person shall be prosecuted, tried, or punished for any offense, not capital, unless the indictment is found or the information is instituted within five years next after such offense shall have been committed.
Page 3591 - The Governor shall have the power to grant reprieves, commutations and pardons after conviction, for all offenses except treason and cases of impeachment, upon such conditions and with such restrictions and limitations, as he may think proper, subject to such regulations as may be provided by law relative to the manner of applying for pardons.
Page 3601 - The Governor shall have power to grant reprieves after conviction, in all cases except those of impeachment, until the end of the next session of the General Assembly, and no longer.
Page 3658 - ... or who shall make or become directly or indirectly interested in any bet or wager depending upon the result of any election, shall vote at such election...
Page 3003 - ... to, the prurient interest; (B) depicts, describes, or represents, in a manner patently offensive with respect to minors, an actual or simulated sexual act or sexual contact, an actual or simulated normal or perverted sexual act, or a lewd exhibition of the genitals or post-pubescent female breast; and (C) taken as a whole, lacks serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value for minors. (7) MINOR. — The term "minor" means any person under 17 years of age.
Page 3034 - Any lands reserved or acquired for the use of the United States, and under the exclusive or concurrent jurisdiction thereof, or any place purchased or otherwise acquired by the United States by consent of the legislature of the State in which the same shall be, for the erection of a fort, magazine, arsenal, dockyard, or other needful building.