Staunton knows it when it watches it
by Hawes Spencer
A Staunton grand jury has determined that a local businessman might be a felon for purveying smut to the unsuspecting citizens of that elegant city on a hill.
According to a report tonight on NBC29, a porno-watching grand jury decided that Rick Krial and his business, After Hours Video, should be indicted on eight felony– yes, felony!– and four misdemeanor counts of selling obscene material.
In case you forgot, the 1973 Supreme Court case Miller v. California, which posits a rule about “contemporary community standards,” remains the law of the land, so pornography is not Constitutionally protected.
[...] Attorney Raymond Robertson made a promise to crack down on porn in the area, a grand jury there indicted the owner of After Hours Video, Rick Krial, on eight felony charges. And last Friday, according to a story in the News Leader, Staunton city council passed two [...]
[...] a hearing today in Staunton Circuit Court, the pending obscenity trial of Manassas-based adult video retailer Rick Krial got some legal star power, despite the [...]