FC: Supreme Court denies reporter's kiddie porn appeal

[Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>]

http://www.cluebot.com/article.pl?sid=00/10/05/1654245&mode=thread

   High Court Denies Reporter's Kiddie-Porn Appeal
   posted by cicero on Thursday October 05, @11:52AM
   from the so-much-for-a-fair-trial dept.

   The Supreme Court this week declined to hear an appeal from a
   journalist convicted of trafficking in child porn, which means
   veteran reporter Larry Matthews will be spending some 18 months in
   prison. Brill's Content has an in-depth article on the case, including
   how the judge barred Matthews from using the First Amendment as a
   defense when arguing before the jury. That seems wrongheaded. No
   matter whether Matthews downloaded nude images for a story or not --
   he had deleted them by the time the FBI raided his home -- he should
   have the right to tell a jury his story. Also see an amicus brief
   filed by a journalists' group, and a writeup in the Washington City
   Paper.




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