Barnes & Noble

Case Type:

 Actual.

Exigence:

 Early in 1998, Barnes and Noble bookstore was indicted in Alabama on 32 counts of selling child pornography. At issue was the bookstore's stocking of Jock Sturges' book of photographs, Radiant Identities.

Audience:

 The trial court; you, the general public.

Possible
Constraints:

 Try a search for the book at the Barnes and Noble website.

Reporting on this and related cases:

Decision:

 I believe the indictment was dismissed for technical reasons in October, 1998; it is not clear whether the prosecutor will re-file.

Related
issues:

 Offense
Sex
Art

Notes:

 None.

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