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Criminal

Jun. 7, 2008

Obscenity Trial Will Test Merits of the 'Worst of the Worst'

Self-described shock artist Ira Isaacs - who makes and distributes movies showing bestiality and scatological sex acts - will go on trial in Los Angeles on Monday in a case that is expected to test federal obscenity laws.

By Nicolas Taborek
Daily Journal Staff Writer
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      LOS ANGELES - Self-described shock artist Ira Isaacs - who makes and distributes movies showing bestiality and scatological sex acts - will go on trial in Los Angeles on Monday in a case that is expected to test federal obscenity laws.
      Roger Jon Diamond, who is defending Isaacs, said the governmen...

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