05/22/2001                                                    Day After
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JURY: OBSCENITY LAW OBSCURE                               Metro Section

This is my summary of the article:
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    * Jury of 6 men & 6 women acquitted Elyse Metcalf of three counts
        of pandering obscenity for selling the movies to undercover
        police.
    * Jurors thought the prosecution did not eliminate reasonable
        doubt under complex statelaw dealing with obscenity.
    * Jury foreman basically said the law was ambiguous.
        'It left room for reasonable doubt'.
    * H. Louis Sirkin basically said that the politicans are not
        in touch with reality.
    * Mike Allen, Hamilton County Prosecutor said he was disappointed
        by Monday's verdict and concluded with, 'This is not going
        to discourage us.'
    * Jimmy Flynt said he was happy Ms Metcalf 'beat Hamiliton
        County's finest.'
        'I am just glad she won.'
    * Elyse intends to continue her mission of liberating the
        'sexual repressive climate' of Cincinnati.
    * Phil Burress, President of Citizens for Community Values,
        an anti-porn group, played down the impact of Monday's
        jury findings.
        'There will be more cases.'
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Please note that this is my reading of the newspaper article. This is
    not an attempt to steal any quotes or try to sway the writing.

    It is written by Marie McCain who I talked to at the trial.

    I am not trying to infringe upon her very fine article.
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Additional comment. I would have liked to have read the Judge's
    comments that he made on WLW radio as I was driving home
    yesterday.

    His comments were very good and very profound and I would think
    that his thoughts and summary would be extremely important.
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05/23/2001                                           2 Days After Trial
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No one word!
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05/24/2001                                           3 Days After Trial                  
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EDITORIAL PAGE

PORN  Not Harmless
Keep prosecuting

Their editorial states that is was a 'wrong decision'.
     * Prosecutors should not ease up.
     * There will be wins and losses.
     * If adult gets a foothold, decent retailers flee and the
          district sinks in crime and decay.
     * Porn is implicated in pedophilia and a catalogue of
          other sex crimes.
     * Prosecutors should keep the heat on X-rated porn.



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Trial