Minor in Jail 238 days and counting, charge? Flashing.

"A boy who turned 15 today spent his birthday in court today to enter a plea to flashing two kids in January. He's been in jail for 238 days on the charge. The minimum plea the State Attorney's Office would offer is a year and a day in prison. For more on this story, check...

Hanging crackdown in Iran

"Surge in public executions is a push to silence political activists, say critics Robert Tait in Tehran Sunday August 19, 2007 The Observer Nikoubazl/Reuters Iran has hanged up to 30 people in the past month...

Priest nabbed while running nude

"A Catholic priest faces an indecent exposure charge after jogging in the nude about an hour before sunrise.[..]If convicted of indecent exposure, a misdemeanor, he would have to register as a sex offender, prosecutors said."Surely the wheels turning strange in this guy's...

Prisoner found guilty of masturbating in his cell

"It is a verdict likely to cause great consternation to lonely prisoners throughout the US penal system. A prisoner in Florida has been found guilty of indecent exposure for masturbating alone in his cell. Terry Lee Alexander, 20, of Lauderdale Lakes, Florida, was sentenced...

Langham tells court he was abused as a child

"The comedian Chris Langham, who is standing trial on charges of indecent assault and child pornography, told jurors today that he was abused as a child. He drew parallels between his own experience and that of a child he said he saw in an indecent film while searching for...

US town set to ban saggy trousers

US town set to ban saggy trousers A man wearing low-slung trousers, exposing his underwear Low-slung trousers are fashionable among some young people A mayor in the US state of Louisiana says he will sign into law a proposal to make wearing saggy trousers an act of indecent...

In NYC, a License to Strip?

Brooklyn Assemblyman's Felix Ortiz has proposed a bill to require all Big Apple Strippers to get a state permit. It's drawing extremely mixed reactions -- strippers don't want to deal with the paperwork...

The Bible: Indecent in Hong Kong?

An anonymous group of online petitioners is moving to classify the Bible as "obscene", apparently as a response to the uproar over a  sex column in the Chinese University's student news magazine."A debate...

Jim Morrison Pardon by Florida Governor: 'Seriously Considering'

"The Florida governor is "seriously considering" pardoning dead rock star Jim Morrison of his indecent exposure conviction. Fans of the late singer's band The Doors and the group's Doors Collectors Magazine (DCM)...

Come on Baby, Pardon his Conviction

Should Jim Morrison get a posthumous pardon for a 40-year-old conviction? Two die-hard Morrison fans, David Diamond and Kerry Humphreys think so. They wrote the Governor of Florida to pardon Morrison (a Florida...

Masked Wrestler Runs for Governor in Japan

Hey, if Jesse Ventura could do it, why not Masanori Murakawa? Perhaps inadvertently, Murakawa-san raises an interesting point about physical identity's relationship (or lack thereof) with intention, as burqa and...

Couple pleads guilty to kissing in public during Ramadan

"Dubai: An Australian manager and a Filipina receptionist are pleading guilty to hugging and kissing in public besides consuming liquor, a court heard yesterday. The 37-year-old manager and 35-year-old receptionist confessed to the Dubai Court of Appeal yesterday that they...

Big Chill: How the FCC’s Indecency Decisions Stifle Free Expression, Threat...

Excellent piece from the Center for Creative Voices in the Media about the FCC's relentless efforts to stamp out what they consider indecent.  The Janet Jackson slip-up almost three years ago still has cultural conservatives lobbying for the FCC to impose even greater...

Teen Accused Of Ordering At Drive-Throughs Nude

"A teen accused of ordering from at least three fast food drive-throughs nude faces an indecent exposure charge. David Gatton, 18, of Columbia City, was found in the parking lot of a McDonald's by a sheriff's deputy after police received a call that the teen had been nude...

There's Only Three Nude Statue Locations In The United States

Only a nude statue in an outdoor public place counts, if any person wants to challenge this claim.

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