I'm dueling with deadlines today so I don't have time to write a lot of outraged comments about this. A comic book store proprietor in Texas was found guilty and sentenced to 180 days in jail, a year probation, and a $4,000 fine. His crime? Selling an adult comic book to an adult. The dynamic behind the conviction seems to have been the prosecution's claim that there was a school nearby, and the comic book form is by definition for children; ergo, the accused was almost selling pornography to children and the court had the obligation to stop him now while they could. The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to intervene.
Eventually, this kind of prosecution will be a thing of the past, and we'll shake our heads over it the way we now can't believe you once couldn't say "pregnant" on television. But a lot more damage will be done and lives ruined before we get to that point.