OBSCENITY
Florida Law Upheld: Neither Florida’s constitutional right to privacy nor federal free-speech guarantees protects the sale of sexually explicit videos, records, books or magazines, the Florida Supreme Court in Tallahassee ruled Thursday. The 5-to-2 decision reverses a Polk County, Fla., circuit court ruling that struck down a state law prohibiting the sale of books, magazines, comic books, pictures, films, sound recordings or other materials deemed legally obscene. The ruling follows the obscenity conviction of a Broward County record store owner for selling an album by the Miami rap group 2 Live Crew.
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