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Obscenity laws

Laws regarding obscenity in the United States, including the Miller test and federal obscenity laws.

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Jan 12, 2026
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Consequences for watching bestiality in Illinois

Illinois law criminalizes sexual conduct with animals and treats related imagery with a separate, evolving set of offenses; watching a bestiality act (as an act) is certainly part of that prohibited c...

Jan 12, 2026
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What are the penalties for viewing pornography that involves bestiality in Illinois?

Illinois law expressly criminalizes sexual conduct with animals, and state statutes and practice treat sexually explicit depictions involving minors or other prohibited categories with severe penaltie...

Jan 18, 2026
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What penalties does Illinois assign to possessing bestiality images that do not involve minors?

Illinois criminal law clearly outlaws the sexual abuse of animals and treats sexual images of minors — including bestiality involving minors — as child pornography with severe penalties, but the repor...

Feb 6, 2026

What federal statutes or federal prosecutions, if any, have addressed possession or distribution of depictions of bestiality?

Federal law contains no stand‑alone criminal statute that specifically outlaws possession of visual depictions of for civilians; instead, enforcement has relied on federal laws, interstate distributio...

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