Court Rules Against Pennsylvania Law That Curbs Child-Pornography ...
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federal court struck down a Pennsylvania law yesterday, ruling that the state could no longer force Internet service providers to block customers&#39; access to Web sites thought to be distributing child pornography.
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A Montgomery County judge has ruled that Maryland's anti-spam law -- one of the first attempts to control junk e-mail advertising -- is unconstitutional because it seeks to regulate commerce outside the state's borders.
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According to the interpretations by China&#39;s Supreme People&#39;s Court and Supreme People&#39;s Procuratorate, grave cases of non-profit production and dissemination of pornographic materials are also criminal and subject to punishment.
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By SUSAN M. COVER Blethen Maine News Service  It's illegal for certain convicted sex offenders to visit Web sites that are popular with children.  But a lawmaker from Presque Isle  says a lack of money makes it hard to enforce the law.  Rep.
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A bill that would give the state more money for programs to prevent and prosecute child pornography made it out of the Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee on Monday.  HB107's sponsor, Rep.
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A divided U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that federal judges no longer have to abide by the controversial 18-year-old sentencing guidelines.
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New Jersey enacted legislation on Thursday banning some convicted sex offenders from using the Internet.
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Simply using computer equipment to view child pornography is not a federal crime, a federal appeals panel ruled Friday in reversing the conviction of a Florida man.
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Several U.S. Supreme Court justices expressed doubt on Tuesday that a law barring child pornography could be applied to popular award-winning movies like "Lolita," "Traffic," American Beauty" and "Titanic."
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Putting its recent ruling on student speech into practice, the Supreme Court on Friday rejected a school district's appeal of a ruling that it violated a student's rights by censoring his anti-Bush T-shirt.
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The 6th Circuit tosses out federal law saying Americans taking naughty digital photos of themselves and a willing adult partner must make those images available for the attorney general's perusal -- or to go prison for up to five years.
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A state law that would ban sales of violent video games to minors violates free speech rights and cannot be enforced, a judge ruled.
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Sign of the times The US Supreme Court has refused to hear the case of a man who was sentenced to 200 years in prison for the possession of child pornography. It was one of several recent actions indicating that America's courts are getting tough on kiddie-porn suspects in an age where the trafficking of such images are easier than ever.â¦
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The Virginia Supreme Court on Friday struck down an archaic and rarely enforced state law prohibiting sex between unmarried people.
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PITTSBURGH - The state Supreme Court ruled that Pennsylvania's drunken driving law can't be enforced against people on horseback, a decision that inspired the dissenting justice to wax poetic.    The court ruled Wednesday in a case against two men in Mercer County in 2002...
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Italy's high court rules that an infamous obscenity is merely an expression of annoyance.
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A federal judge today overturned a Pennsylvania law aimed at restricting access to web sites hosting child pornography. Pennsylvania Statute 7330 required ISPs to block access by the customers to child porn sites.