Speech rights clash with cruelty law

 
By McClatchy-Tribune Information Services. | Published: April 21, 2009   

WASHINGTON — In an unusual clash between free speech rights and an animal cruelty law, Supreme Court justices agreed Monday to decide whether the government can make it a crime to sell videos of dogs fighting or animals being mauled.

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The high court said it will rule on the case of Robert Stevens, a Virginia man who was convicted of selling videos of pit bull terriers fighting. He had advertised his videos in Sporting Dog...
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