10
May
CHILD PORNOGRAPHY LEGAL TO VIEW ONLINE IN NEW YORK; COURT RULES LOOKING AT PORN DOESN’T MEAN POSSESSION
huffingtonpost.com
It is now not illegal to view child pornography on the internet in New York. Thestate’s Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday that simply looking at child pornography online does notconstitute criminal possession or procurement of the images. Some affirmative act isrequired, such as, printing, saving downloading, etc. to show the defendant in fact exerciseddominion and control over the images that were on the screen. James Kent, a 65year old former professor at Marist College, had pornographic images on his computer. He wasconvicted of two counts of procuring and 134 counts