The anti-porn crusaders never give up. They have a particularly shoddy record of convictions in these cases.
Locally, a couple of years ago, a married couple in an adjacent county had a flourishing business producing and selling their own material. They were the only "actors" and the VHS tapes were marketed both locally and nationally.
The authorities there couldn't stand it, and a raid was conducted. Everything was seized, tapes, dubbing equipment, cameras, etc.
After a remarkably short period of time, it was determined that no case could be made and everything was returned to the couple.
A year or so later, the pair began marketing "sex education" tapes which essentially showed people "how to do it".
Same thing...Arrests, seizures, review, and case dropped....
I can remember, back when the VCR hit the market and mom-pop video stores sprung up everywhere...Our two local prosecutors St. Louis and St. Louis county, started to out-bluenose each other by declaring war on these naughty people.
Effectively, they made it impossible to rent any sort of "X" rated material in the area.
(Of course, by simply crossing the county line or the river, you could get whatever you liked...)
Then the St. Louis prosecutor at the time was arrested (by St. Louis County!) for "soliciting prostitution". The subsequent investigation found he was paying for his liaisons with city money, and also had accumulated a very large personal collection of porn from the "seized" tapes his office had investigated...
Funny stuff.
