View source for Prosecutors request more time in child sex abuse obscenity case

The case against Tom Arthur, who authorities say ran a child sex-abuse erotica text website, is "so unusual or so complex" that it is "unreasonable" to stick to a January court date, prosecutors argued in court filings.<br>
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Federal prosecutors say they need more time to build their case against Thomas Arthur, a man in his 60s who they accused last year of running a text erotica site focused on child sexual abuse from his Terlingua-area home. [...]<br>
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In his interview with The Big Bend Sentinel, [Mark] Bennett [Arthur's lawyer] said it was "very unusual" for authorities to bring obscenity charges based on writings. "It's hard to see how text can be shown to have no artistic value," he said.<br>
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<i>source: Article 'Prosecutors request more time in child sex abuse obscenity case' by Stephen Paulsen; bigbendsentinel.com/2020/01/08/prosecutors-request-more-time-in-child-sex-abuse-obscenity-case/; Big Bend Sentinel; 8 January 2020</i>

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