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Legislature to hear child porn bill
A bill to outlaw child pornography in the state was
advanced to the legislative floor on a 7-0 vote by the
Nebraska Legislature's Judiciary Committee Tuesday.
Child pornography is not a problem in Nebraska,
according to Omaha Sen. Larry Stoney , the bill's sponsor,
but the bill is an attempt to keep it from becoming a
problem. He estimated one-half million children nation
wide have been sexually exploited in magazines, slides,
films and photographs.
LB829 carries a one-to 20-year prison sentence andor
$25,000 fine for a first-offense conviction of publishing,
selling or distributing obscene material involving child
ren under age 16. A second offense carries a prison term
of one to 50 years.
Omaha Sen. Ernest Chambers, who for years has tried
to convince the Legislature to ban the death penalty in
the state, said although he still did not advocate the death
penalty as punishment for any offense, "if there were
something which ought to carry the death penalty, that
(child pornography) would be it."
Chambers called sexual abuse of children "the worst,
most vicious kind of child abuse there is." He said child
ren's participation in the sex acts shown in some porno
graphic magazines could "twist" their minds and "distort
the purpose of reproductive functions."
Stonev said he obtained several magazines from the
Los Angeles Police Department depicting children per
forming sex acts with each other. Some magazines were
"Boy Scout Sex Manual," "Night Boys of Amsterdam "
and "Boys Who Love Boys." He said he obtained one such
magazine from the Omaha Police Department.
Barbara Gaither, executive director of the Nebraska
Civil Liberties Union testified in support of the section
of the bill which would prohibit publication of child
pornography but said the- section prohibiting the dis
tribution of such materials may be unconstitutional.
Richard Pocras of the Citizens for Decent Exposure
and Jim Cunningham of the Nebraska Catholic Confer
ence also testified in support of the bill.
The committee also heard testimony on LB597, which
would require opaque covers over magazines and books
depicting nudity. Falls City Sen. Nelson Merz presented
an amendment which would exempt "legal" newspapers
from the provisions of the bill.
He said the amendment was proposed to him by
members of the news media. The committee took no
action on the bill or amendment.
The committee advanced LB618, introduced by Cham
bers, which would provide immunity from prosecution
for prostitutes who testified against pimps.
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about half a cord, he said. But a pickup
load usually is sold for the price of a cord.
A cord is a stack of wood four feet tall by
four feet wide by eight .feet deep, or 120
cubic feet of wood.
Johnson said he has personally
customized his truck by building a rack to
increase the capacity of his truck.
He points proudly to the knotholed
planks held together by two-by-fours
which extend above the body of the truck
and explains that besides being a skilled
woodcutter he is "one hell of a carpenter."
But he does not hold himself above the
dishonest practices which he says are com
mon among woodcutters.
"I probably sell as bad of loads as any
one. My corruption is in quality. I've sold
some green wood and I sell the wrong
kinds sometimes," Johnson said. "Most
people cheat oh quantity but my loads are
pretty close to cords."
Johnson started selling wood last year
while he was in school. He etits the wood
on land near Seward, owned by his father
and his grandfather and sells it door-to-door
in east Lincoln.
Johnson said he finds selling wood de
pressing. People often are rude; sometimes
they will not even open their door to him,
he said.
"I've had to kick and spit on a couple of
doors when people wouldn't even talk to
me," he said. "Not enough to damage any
thing, just enough to let them know I don't
like being treated like that."
After his experiences as a woodcutter,
Johnson said, he never will live in the
suburbs.
'Too many people chain their lives
down to expensive houses with nice yards,
fireplaces and a double garage filled with
expensive cars just because they haul down
enough money to afford those things."
Johnson said he likes and respects most
of the people he has met while selling
wood. Most of all, he said, he likes their
money.
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checking account," Johnson saidwavihg a,
black checkbook. "I like being outside cut
ting wood a lot, but I got into mis business
because I thought I. could make mbhty"
It all began last fall with a $750 invest
ment, Johnson said. The business his yield
ed a gross profit of approximately $2300,
little of which he has been able to save; he
said. .. jV
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and was not aware of the burdens and
hardships of going into business . for
myself."
Johnson said he is in business to make
enough money to quit as soon as possible;
"The happiest day of my woodcutting
career will be the day I can quit." -.
Johnson is going to sell the rest of a
stockpile of wood he already has cut and
then sell his truck and go to Colorado to
ski for a few days, he said.
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