The Supreme Court agreed Monday to decide the constitutionality of a child pornography law that an 11th Circuit panel criticized as criminalizing merely talking about illegal images. The panel found that the promoting, or pandering, provision of the PROTECT Act of 2003 was overbroad and impermissibly vague. In that court's view, the provision could even apply to an innocent e-mail sent by a grandparent and entitled "Good pics of kids in bed," showing grandchildren dressed in pajamas.
March 27, 2007 at 12:00 AM
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The Supreme Court agreed Monday to decide the constitutionality of a child pornography law that a lower court criticized as criminalizing merely talking about illegal images.
The issue arose in the case of Michael Williams, whose conviction in Florida for promoting, or pandering, child porn on the Internet was reversed by the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
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