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wire article from 2009 with more details: http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2009/05/manga-porn/ http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2009/05/manga-porn/ ''' Chase s
by metamemetics 17y ago
wire article from 2009 with more details:
http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2009/05/manga-porn/ http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2009/05/manga-porn/
''' Chase says he recommended the plea agreement (.pdf) to his client because he didn’t think he could convince a jury to acquit him once they’d seen the images in question. The lawyer declined to describe the details. “If they can imagine it, they drew it,” he says. “Use your imagination. It was there.” '''
moral of the story: GET A BETTER LAWYER
- jrockway 17y agoI don't think the jury should even matter. They determine the facts of the case, not the law. The fact is, he has what the law disallows. But the reality is, the law is totally illegal. I would be shocked if he didn't win his first appeal. (Some other details seem shady. Is receiving books in the mail grounds for the warrant used to search his house? Were the obscene pictures in "plain view"? If this is what I can think of, having never studied law, you'd think someone's whose job it is to think of stuff like this would do better.)
- pmccool 17y agoCan he appeal, having pleaded guilty? Shouldn't the invalidity of the law have been raised At the trial he elected not to have?
- rglovejoy 17y agoIANAL. Having said that, there are a few avenues for appeal. For instance, if the defendant's lawyer was provably incompetent or did not disclose a conflict of interest against his client. Or if the prosecution withheld evidence that would have prevented the defendant from taking the plea. In most jurisdictions, the defendant could also opt for a bench trial, which would have just the judge and no jury.