The Frankenchrist Obscenity Trial & American Jurisprudence (1987)

[OriginalContentGuy]

This is a piece of journalism by This American Life I happened to catch once that tells the story from an interesting lens as the second part of an episode called Know Your Enemy. It's basically neutral in tone and bias given it's an NPR segment.

https://www.thisamericanlife.org/285/know-your-enemy/act-two-0

D.K. and Jello were acquitted and Biafra went on to release a spoken word album about the trial and censorship High Priest of Harmful Matter

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Here's a contemporary account from the L.A. times

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-08-28-me-2818-story.html

And an interview with Jello from Canadian TV filmed during the trial

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[Reiwa]

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[OriginalContentGuy]

Yep the insert of H.R. Giger's Penis Landscape was included as the poster insert for the album.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penis_Landscape

[Reiwa]

Yep the insert of H.R. Giger's Penis Landscape was included as the poster insert for the album.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penis_Landscape

The Miller test was in place by then, so it's no surprise Mr Jello got away with it, the Los Angeles jury notwithstanding.

Miller Test, which requires material to meet all three prongs to be deemed obscene: it must appeal to the prurient interest (by community standards), depict sexual conduct patently offensively (by state law), and, taken as a whole, lack serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value.

[OriginalContentGuy]

The Miller test was in place by then, so it's no surprise Mr Jello got away with it, the Los Angeles jury notwithstanding.

Unironically interesting take.

[OriginalContentGuy]

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[OriginalContentGuy]

Do you find this a justiciable controversy fit for adjudication now?