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 Possession of "violent" pornography offence published
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Posted by Tanos  on Wed 30 Aug 06, 12:00 PM
The Home Office has published its response to the consultation on the possession of "violent" pornography. Despite an overwhelming majority of the responses being against their proposals, the government is to press ahead with their original idea:
The Home Office wrote:
The proposed offence
8. The first threshold for the offence itself would be an objective test for the jury
that the material was pornographic.
9. By this we mean material that has been solely or primarily produced for the
purpose of sexual arousal.
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10. The second threshold would be an objective test for the jury in respect of actual
scenes or depictions which appear to be real acts.
11. By actual scenes or depictions which appear to be real acts, we intend to catch
material which either is genuinely violent or conveys a realistic impression of
fear, violence and harm.
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We have concluded that the offence should apply to
images of acts that appear to be life threatening or are likely to result in serious,
disabling injury. Again, it would be for the prosecution to show that the
material fell into this category.
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The bottom line of all this is that the prosecution just has to convince a jury that the images are realistic depictions of something apparently life threatening, or disabling.
The main campaign against these proposals is Backlash (who needs your support more than ever now), and there are discussions on IC's BDSM Activism board.
The full PDF response by the government is available
from the Home Office's website.
"The Home Office - your taxes being spent by a department not fit for purpose." Edited Wed 30 Aug 06, 10:03 PM by Tanos
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