Oy.
Tuesday, February 16th, 2010
Remember the post I wrote about the guy who was caught with manga (aka alleged porn for a pedophile)? Well, that case finally came to a close, and unfortunately, Christopher Handley lost and will now spend 6 months in jail*. Ridiculous.
Yes, kids, reading Naruto may land you in prison someday.
*To be fair to Mr. Handley’s decision to not appeal, his other options were paying $250,000 and/or a maximum sentence of 15 years. I get why he didn’t fight the 6 month sentence. But, damn.
Read the whole article here
This is definitely a blow to the comic world, manga world and modern literature in general.