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Barnes & Nobles indicted on child porno... [CNN]
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> NATION'S LARGEST BOOKSELLER CHARGED WITH CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
>
> February 18, 1998
> Web posted at: 10:28 p.m. EST (0328 GMT)
>
> MONTGOMERY, Alabama (AP) -- An Alabama grand jury indicted the
> nation's largest bookseller, Barnes & Noble, on child pornography
> charges involving the sale of books by noted photographers whose
> work includes pictures of nude children.
>
> State Attorney General Bill Pryor said Wednesday he started the
> grand jury investigation after receiving complaints about two books
> being sold at Barnes & Noble stores in Alabama: "The Age of
> Innocence" by French photographer David Hamilton and "Radiant
> Identities" by San Francisco photographer Jock Sturges.
>
> The indictment accuses the New York-based company of disseminating
> "obscene material containing visual reproduction of persons under 17
> years of age involved in obscene acts."
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