Regulación sobre material obsceno dirigido a menores

Explicación Simple

Esta ley dice que mostrar contenido obsceno a menores es ilegal. Define qué se considera obsceno y establece que los menores deben ser protegidos de este tipo de material.

Es como cuando un padre decide no dejar que su hijo vea una película de terror, porque sabe que no es apropiada para su edad.

Ejemplo Práctico

Imagina que Juan, un cineasta, decide mostrar una película para adultos en una función familiar. Si una niña de 10 años ve esa película, Juan podría enfrentarse a problemas legales por exponerla a contenido inapropiado.

Penalidades

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Texto Original del Estatuto (Inglés)

JUDICIAL DECISIONS Constitutionality. - Definition of material targeted in O.C.G.A. § 16-12-102 does not involve "legislative overkill"; the definition employs a narrowly crafted adaptation of the current definition of adult obscenity announced by the United States Supreme Court in Miller v. California, 413 U.S. 15, 93 S. Ct. 2607 , 37 L. Ed. 2 d 419 (1973). American Booksellers v. Webb, 919 F.2d 1493 (11th Cir. 1990), cert. denied, 500 U.S. 941, 111 S. Ct. 2237 , 114 L. Ed. 2 d 479 (1991). O.C.G.A. § 16-12-102 covers only material unprotected to minors and is not so indeterminate that the statute unduly chills protected expression. American Booksellers v. Webb, 919 F.2d 1493 (11th Cir. 1990). "Obscene" work viewed "as a whole." - The O.C.G.A. § 16-12-103(a)(1) charge against the defendant was based on defendant's exhibiting to a minor an allegedly pornographic motion picture, and the jury was allowed to view a videotape of this motion picture; but at some point during the showing of this film, defense counsel stipulated that the film was sexually explicit, and the remainder of the film was not shown to the jury, as a result of this truncation of the jury's view of the film, there was insufficient evidence under which the jury could have found defendant guilty of this charge since, in order to be adjudged obscene, the work must depict sexually explicit nudity and be harmful to minors; in order to be adjudged harmful to minors, the work must meet the three-part test set out in