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...time the bodies stop piling up. There is the father, Arthur Duncan (Dennis Creaghan) who neglected his son, slept around to spite his wife and molested his daughter, Emma, throughout her childhood, leaving her short and long term memories permanently repressed. Or maybe the mother Grace Duncan (Marian Mercer) who molested her son, Todd (Christopher Collet), driving him to the street where he contracts AIDS. Or for that matter, the family friend, Tommy McKorckle, who sleeps with Todd despite his disease and then with Emma, his fiance, without bothering to wait for his test results. Both end up with AIDS...
...written or graphic depiction of individuals under 18 in sexual situations; this law could conceivably ban literary classics such as Vladimir Nabokov's Lolita or all of the works by Judy Blume. On Dec. 16, 1993, a display of works by the artist Eli Langer at the Mercer Union, a respected gallery, were seized by the Toronto Police Morality Squad. Langer now faces ten years in jail and fines--and under the law he is guilty until proven innocent...
...Mercer County, N.J. Superior Court JudgePaulette Sapp-Peterson said Friday that Hogue hadnot received permission to leave the state whileon parole for defrauding Princeton. The judge saidHogue's criminal history evidences a cavalierdisregard...
...Mercer County prosecutors also charged thatHogue had failed to repay Princeton or serve 100hours of community service, other conditionsrequired by his parole agreement...
...Hogue and the Mercer Countyprosecutor's office worked out a plea arrangementconcerning the Princeton case. Hogue would pleadguilty to theft by deception for collecting$21,124 in Princeton funds. In return, prosecutorswould recommend five years' probation, no morethan 270 days in jail, 100 hours of communityservice and full restitution of the Princetonmoney...