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Washington » Sen. Orrin Hatch wants the federal government to go after obscene pornography, and not just the stuff involving kids or extremely depraved acts.
Hatch, R-Utah, pressed U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder this week to prosecute the makers and distributors of more ubiquitous hard-core images, which account for a major percentage of what is available online and elsewhere.
"There has been a pattern at the Department of Justice to prosecute only the most extreme obscene materials. This particular type of material may virtually guarantee a conviction but it is not the most widely produced and consumed and therefore its prosecution may have very little impact on the obscenity industry," Hatch told Holder during a Justice Committee hearing Wednesday.
the greatest harm," Holder said.
Hatch believes federal prosecutors with the help of the FBI could target a high percentage of the pornography out there, getting convictions based on community standards in most parts of the country.
Diane Duke, executive director of the Free Speech Coalition, a group created by the adult entertainment industry, also made the case that pornography has become more acceptable over time.
"Prosecutors are less enthusiastic about prosecuting for obscenity because they realize that our society is becoming more supportive of adults rights to be adults and to access adult materials," she said.
