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Show AlO UTAH/NATION Saturday, December 7 1996 The Salt Lake Tribune Cyberspeech: Top Court to Set ‘Net Limits —— | The Supreme Court agreed to use a case involving an Ala | | @ Continued from A-1 accessibility of sexually explicit materials would harm children Andso, said Sen, Jim Exon, D: Neb.. a sponsor of the Internet decency legislation, the “most perverse pornography” is “only a | | few click-click-clicks away from bamaman freed from death row to clarify whether counties ¢ be forced to pay damages civil rights when their sheriffs violate someon Crosoft and an array of other In. has photos of naked people? Even the high court itself could Internet discussions of such top ies as gaylife, contraception, pris oner rape and AIDS. Thetargets of the law, they argue, are far broader than obscenity and child pornography which already are illegal Suppose, for instance. AIDS ac tivists discuss via the computer howthe disease is transmitted and what steps can be taken to Prevent it. If a child taps into those transmissions, she or he Could be exposed to a “patently Offensive” discussion involving sex. Can the AIDS activists be prosecuted? Lawyers for the American Li brary Association said that their membersalso inadvertently could Violate the law. Their collections canbetappedvia computer. What if a child finds a magazine. even tently offensive” air Still, the memory of the attack on Pearl Harbor is as vivid to its survivors as the tropical dawnin which it occurred Every one ofus canrecall it right to the instant ear-old Joe Langdell. who came from Yuba lif., to join some 450 other membersof the Pearl Harbor Survivors Association at a memorial for the attack that dragged the United States into federal The ACLU said it was not sur cided to hear the case, given the importanceof theissue We have very good reason to expect the Supreme Court will agree with the lower court,” said Emily Whitfield, an ACLU broadcasters whocarried George Carlin’s comedy monologue about the “sevendirty words? In previous rulings, the Suhas struck down “indecent” speech to be unconstitu prised that the SupremeCourt de- ulators who fined the preme Court laws banning Nowthecourt must decide wheth- spokeswoman. She noted that a second three-judge panel in New York also had invalidated the new er suchrulings apply to a new medium with distinctive qualities ‘This case will determine the law on the same grounds So far, opponents of the new law have succeededin preventing future of free expression in the information age and is the most the dismay of conservativereli before the court in recent memo- lieve the of the Centerfor Democracy and it from goinginto effect, muchto gious groups and others who belaw would shield chil from exposure to online sexual materials A three-judge panel in Phila- delphia, delving deeply into the technology of the Internet, found the terms “indecent” and “pa- MI | thelaw threatens expression pro upheld World Wai Langdell was an ensign aboard the USS Arizona. which still rests on the bottomof the harbor, 900 of ils crew members entombed within. He was spared their fate because hewas onFordIslandin the har bor’s center when Japanese warplanes attacked at 7:50 7 a.m The scars on 76-year-old Donald Stratton’s arms attest to his story of escaping the burning Arizonaby climbing hand-over-hand onaline tossed from the repair ship Vestal ‘Everybody was burnedreal bad,”’ Ty Danny Weitzner, including thebattleships Arizona, California, West Virginia, Oklahoma and Nevada Survivorsof the attack reunite formally everyfive years to honor thevictims At this year's ceremony today the ashes of three recently deceased Arizona survivors — James William Green of Troy, Mich Frank Campbell of Surfside, Fla., and Norman Coplin of Miami, Fla. — were tobe mergedinterred No. 4 bybarbette. the armored cylinder on which thebattleship’s 14-inch gun turret once was Navy divers in the Arizona's sub- positioned. Ten survivors have beeninterred in the Arizonasince 1988. Also today the Opana Radar Site in the bluffs overlooking Oahu's North Shore was to become a national historic landmark Fromthe site's trucks and trailer that housed then-new radar technology Army operators detected the Japanese planes approaching the harbor. But the radar blips wereulti matelydismissed as those of U.S. B-17 bombers. $100°° OFF e — All '96 Models Must Go! — MOUNTAIN SPRINGS 7 Rout Spa 8 Foot Spa 32 JETS also of the center, said: “This is a really im portant case. that decides the freedom to speak and freedom to readfor the next century Seized Guns: Tas Use Them cae Or Lose Them? ELed Say These are legal, sporting weap. ons. There are no assault rifles or so-called Saturday night specials. Those are destroyed * Snowboardtuning * Stone grinding* of these egaatb @ Continued from A-1 * Customfootbeds* serves all Your sporting goods needs! weGUARANTEE that we will Many of the guns never werein the hands of criminals, “Il was Wewerefiring at them capsize. I seen the West Virginia get hit Within hours, 21 Americanvessels had been sunk. Coupon Good For ‘e@ said Jerry Berman, director Technology he said thecaptain and the admiral werekilled CHRISTMAS SPA SPA“CLEARANCE SALE important First Amendment case ry,” on the gun control platform abovethe bridge where nation — disintegrated in thechaos of fire from the tected by the First Amendment In its best-known case involv ing indecency, the justices dren since the peace of a Sunday morning — and of a tionally vague and concluded that that be aviolator, at least theoretical ly. PEARLHARBOR, Hawaii — It has been 55 years | Monroe County, Sheriff Thomas Tate andother officials. He the National Geographic ternetusers andservice providers THE ASSOCIATED PRESS | The court said it will consider reinstating Walter McMillian’s After President ( ‘linton signed the bill into law in February, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), the American Library filed suit Theysaid the law would stifle | lawsuit against Monroe County, Ala., that says officials manu factured evidence against him andhid evidence in his favor McMillianwas convicted in 1988 killing Ronda Morrison two years earlier in Monroeville, Ala. He spent six years on death row, including a year before his trial In 1993, an Alabamaappeals court overturned MeMillian’s convietion, sayingofficials withheld evidence that would support his claim of innocence. MeMillian filed a lawsuit against sought damages for his pretrial detention on death row anychild Association, software giant Mi Attack Still Chills Pearl Harbor Survivors @ is County Liable for Sheriff's Sins? | Roberts stressed. Somewere taken from errant hunters or from homes Le plagued with domestic violence Others areretired .38-caliber ser vice revolvers Criminal guns sawed-off shotguns, machine pistols and any firearm withits serial number re: moved — fill a shopping cart in the Metropolitan Hall of Justice awaiting a date with a crusher Little pieces of junk 22s, we get rid of them.’ —»_ The Biggest Selectionsof Top a Snowboards And Equipment From: frou fort Roberts said “This is something people don't like in the streets But under apolicy instituted by Police Chief Ruben Ortega, Salt Lake City does not make the dis: tinction between sporting weap ons and criminal guns — they all get choppedinto bits ‘Once a gunis in police posses sion, we destroy it. We don’t want themto wind up in the hands of criminals,” Atkinson. said police Lt. Scott “If we're going to de stroy guns, we will destroy all of them. Handguns are more easily concealed and are the favorite D th f course, kill people Federal laws will help keep the sheriff's guns out of criminal hands, Roberts said ‘We have the Brady Roberts said. Largest K2 Sccahcend » Dealer in the USA! Checkout our selection of FAT Bobs, Zepplins, an HC’eae lickers! weapon of criminals. But we do see long rifles used in crimes and [law]. “No one can buy a handgun without a complete background check. That elimi nates a lot of the problem. The way most criminals get w 20NS 1s by theft Sheriff's officials also are cir eulating a list of another 53 guns fo sell to the highest bidder Seized in drug crimes, police may use the money from these weap: Get, ons only for equipment or train. 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