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Supreme Court upholds child porn conviction
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court let stand a child-pornography conviction in a case that attracted national attention after the Clinton administration twice changed the government's definition of hard-core pornography.
The Associated Press
The court's action, taken without comment yesterday, left intact a Pennsylvania man's conviction for buying videos that focused on the clothed genital areas of girls aged 10 to 17.
The pornography case had been to the Supreme Court before. The justices agreed to review Knox's appeal last year but sent it back to a lower court after the government changed its definition of child pornography.
Stephen A. Knox contended he could not be convicted of possessing child pornography because the girls were not nude. He had been prosecuted under a federal law banning "exhibition" of a child's genitals or pubic area.
Initially, Justice Department lawyers had urged the high court to reject Knox's 1993 appeal. They said a federal appeals court correctly decided the law applies even though the children were clothed.
But after the court agreed to hear Knox's appeal, and after Drew S. Days III took over as solicitor general, the government changed its position. Days and other government lawyers said in court papers that the appeals court used an "permissibly broad standard" for defining child pornography.
The high court, citing the government's changed view, sent the case back to the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, where Knox's conviction was upheld.
Meanwhile, President Clinton asked Attorney General Janet Reno to draft legislation to tighten the child pornography law.
Instead, Reno again switched the government's view of the existing law. Responding to Knox's new Supreme Court appeal, Reno — not Days — filed a brief saying Knox could be convicted for possessing videos that showed girls posing seductively while clothed.
The tapes showed girls dressed in bathing suits, leotards and underwear. Court documents said the camera would zoom in on the children's public areas, which were covered by clothing.
John D. McMickle of the National Law Center for Children and Families called yesterday's court action "a clear victory against the sexual
The Supreme Court also:
Heard arguments in a major affirmative action case. A white-owned company says its equal-protection rights are violated by a federal highway program that gives special help to companies owned by racial and ethnic minorities.
Heard arguments in a California case about states' power to pay lower welfare benefits to newcomers from other states.
Rejected a St. Louis humor magazine's appeal of a ruling that said a mock advertisement it published violated Anheuser-Busch's Michelob trademark.
Turned down a New Jersey man's bid to require Germany to pay him $17 million for his suffering in Nazi concentration camps during the Holocaust.
- Let stand a ruling in a Virginia case that said prison guards who use unnecessary force against inmates are not guilty of imposing cruel and unusual punishment if they cause only minimal injury.
Knox, a Pennsylvania State University graduate student in State College, Pa., was sentenced to five years in prison on his 1991 conviction for possessing child pornography.
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Singapore issues political correctness book
The Associated Press
SINGAPORE — Sportsmanship is out, and there will be no more gentleman's agreements in Singapore if politically correct social workers have their way.
The National Council of Social Service has issued a guidebook titled "Use the Right Word, Say the Right Thing" that includes gender-neutral expressions and the preferred terminology for those in the profession.
"Fair play" or "fairness" should be used instead of "sportsmanship," it
Forswear "forefathers" and use "forebears" or "ancestors," says the 22-page booklet.
says, and "unwritten agreement based on trust" will do for "gentleman's agreement."
"Spokesperson," "chairman" and "lay people" are preferred to "spokesman," "chairman" and "laymen."
The council said the booklet was designed to make people more aware of the use of language and the sensitivities of others.
A slow learner is a "person with
learning difficulties. "Ex-convicts are 'discharged prisoners.'"
Stratis Times Editor Leslie Fong was skeptical of the proposed changes, which he called "passing fancies."
"Nothing is gained by trying now to introduce rather inane or convoluted terms in the name of redressing a perceived historical wrong or gender bias." Fong wrote in today's edition.
Social workers are not the first to change words. Years ago the official label for dropout was changed to "premature school leaver."
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