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Will Failed DC Porn Case Dampen Prosecutors' Zeal?

By Allan LengelJul 29th 2010 – 8:20PM
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WASHINGTON (July 29) -- In courtroom 18 in the sterile D.C. federal courthouse, Justice Department prosecutors earlier this month tried nailing a major producer of adult pornography on obscenity charges. The lawyers, part of the department's Obscenity Prosecution Task Force, spent four days presenting their case against...

Background on Obscenity Prosecution Task Force

The Obscenity Prosecution Task Force (OPTF) was an organization created in 2005 by the United States Department of Justice.

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