All Charges Thrown Out in Stagliano Case!

Matt Welch | 7.16.2010 4:31 PM

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BakedPenguin 15 years ago

Awesome! Congratulations, John S.!
1. Max 15 years ago
  
  Touch me where I pee.
  1. BakedPenguin 15 years ago
    
    You're still here, Edward? I thought you were dead.
    1. Kool 15 years ago
      
      +1000 if that representation of Warty is Danzig from ATHF.
      1. Kool 15 years ago
        
        Stupid brain... that guy's from metalocalypse, right?
        
        BakedPenguin 15 years ago
        
        Yes - "Nathan Explosion"
        
        Warty 15 years ago
        
        Nathan Explosion. Enjoy his work.
        
        The Art-P.O.G. 15 years ago
        
        :::likes Dethklok:::
  2. Invisible Finger 15 years ago
    
    Why would I touch you in the mouth?
TrickyVic 15 years ago

I don't know if that's a good thing. They can retry him after they get their story straight.
1. Warty 15 years ago
  
  Well, it'll take them another two years to figure out how to order a DVD instead of incompetently downloading a broken torrent of a DVDrip, so Stagliano has some time.
2. Cyto 15 years ago
  
  My cynical side is with TrickyVic. Did jeopardy attach in this case, or is it still open?
3. Virginia 15 years ago
  
  Rule 29. Motion for a Judgment of Acquittal
  
  Afterparty?
  1. nothinghead 15 years ago
    
    Rule 29? I would have figured rule 34 would apply to this case.
    1. hmm 15 years ago
      
      touche
      
      or touchy
    2. Bastiat 15 years ago
      
      http://xkcd.com/305/
  2. Cyto 15 years ago
    
    Is that what "thrown out" refers to? I can't reach twitter from here...
anarch 15 years ago

Mercy me!*

*still playing it safe; ya never know.
Warty 15 years ago

Ha!
Spur 15 years ago

w00t!
Jordan 15 years ago

Hell yeah!
CoyoteBlue 15 years ago

Squirters run free!
creech 15 years ago

Does he get to recover his legal expenses or can the gov't just maliciously and frivolously prosecute someone until they are broke?
1. libertymike 15 years ago
  
  As Josh Ashton, playing the role of bounty hunter and niccotine needy Marvin Dorfler, in Midnight Run, responded to the airline attendant's query whether he would prefer "smoking or non-smoking"
  
  Take a wild f........guess!
2. Raven 15 years ago
  
  You're kidding, right?
Suki 15 years ago

How long is Reason going to milk this story?
1. Ska 15 years ago
  
  For as long as you gush about it.
2. fresno dan 15 years ago
  
  I have never see such fat udders!
3. WTF 15 years ago
  
  I'm growing increasingly intolerant of it.
4. hmm 15 years ago
  
  Till the maids come home.
5. Fist of Etiquette 15 years ago
  
  Time to moo-ve on?
6. Paul 15 years ago
  
  They're just trying to squirt a little reason into the debate.
  1. Suki 15 years ago
    
    +1 😉
libertymike 15 years ago

Hooray, yes. But let's not kid ourselves. This man has been made to endure an ordeal a free society would not permit.
1. TrickyVic 15 years ago
  
  ""This man has been made to endure an ordeal a free society would not permit.""
  
  Which is why it was permitted here.
  
  In another 200 years, free society will be like the city of Atlantis. Did it really exist?
  
  Ok, who am I kidding with the 200 year mark.
In Time Of War 15 years ago

I am overjoyed he is, for the time being at least, a free man.
And to further demonstrate that obscenity laws are an unjustified infringement on adult behavior, I will continue, of my own free will, to not purchase or view his movies. Others are free to do as they wish.
1. abc 15 years ago
  
  agreed
fresno dan 15 years ago

When you consider the money spent to defend oneself against obvious lying, the lack of any consequences to the agent, the absolute and total inability of the bar to investigate or sanction its own....why yes, justice was not totally tortured, raped, and buried alive...for once.
Ken Shultz 15 years ago

Three cheers for common sense!
1. The Art-P.O.G. 15 years ago
  
  Yes...for now...
TrickyVic 15 years ago

This isn't really a victory for anyone. Execpt maybe Stagliano and time will tell about that.

When I put my tin foil hat on, I think the judge did it to avoid shedding light on his involvement with the prosecution during the appeal.
1. Cyto 15 years ago
  
  And since he got cut lose because the prosecution and investigation was incompetent, what are the odds that they come back for another bite at the apple with a new sting operation? Now they have a roadmap as to what NOT to do....
Old Man With Candy 15 years ago

Where do I go to get my reputation back?
TrickyVic 15 years ago

My prediction is that they know he will continue to do what he does, and they can use the lessons learned from this trial to take a better run at Stagliano next time.
kilroy 15 years ago

I think I'll buy something from his company, just to celebrate.
1. People for Etthical Analingus 15 years ago
  
  +100
2. TrickyVic 15 years ago
  
  We should all call the prosecutors office and ask which film they thought was best.
  1. hmm 15 years ago
    
    Or just sign them all up for free porn to their emails and a few subscriptions for the office. I'd pay.
People for Ethical Analingus 15 years ago

BUTTMAN! BUTTMAN! BUTTMAN!

BUTTMAN! BUTTMAN! BUTTMAN!

BUTTMAN! BUTTMAN! BUTTMAN!

BUTTMAN! BUTTMAN! BUTTMAN!

BUTTMAN! BUTTMAN! BUTTMAN!
Marshall Gill 15 years ago

When I put my tin foil hat on, I think the judge did it to avoid shedding light on his involvement with the prosecution during the appeal.

That isn't what happened at all.

You know how when you watch a DVD over, and over, and over, it eventually gets scratched and doesn't work?

The prosecution is clearly VERY intimate with Mr. Stagliano's work.
1. TrickyVic 15 years ago
  
  LOL.
2. TrickyVic 15 years ago
  
  LOL.
3. hmm 15 years ago
  
  SO you're saying the pages were stuck together?
  1. BeltwayLurker 15 years ago
    
    That is the new thing on a different part of the hill.
Kevin 15 years ago

So, it's safe to download porn again, right? Any bots have some suggestions for good sites?
1. Warty 15 years ago
  
  If you can't find your own high-quality porn, you need your internet license revoked.
  1. LarryA 15 years ago
    
    Or a job with the FBI.
2. AnonymityBotfucker 15 years ago
  
  Dude, sounds like a lot of fun!
  
  Here U go:
  http://www.milkybuttfuckersgonutstotalpirvacy.com
  1. The Art-P.O.G. 15 years ago
    
    The "pirvacy" (pervacy?) was a nice touch. Or a nice R.C.'z Law.
XXX 15 years ago

SHOULD SERVE ALL YOUR NEEDS
Colin 15 years ago

The bad news is that they can keep hounding him forever, until they do get a conviction, viz Lenny Bruce.

But today's a good day.
JW 15 years ago

Fucking awesome. Milk enemas for everyone!
wingnutx 15 years ago

This is great news.

Seriously, though, I'm sick of otherwise great porn being ruined by the milk-squirting schtick.
tom baden 15 years ago

I am being prosecuted for obscenity for a single image. of me!

They have been prosecuting me for 3 years in riverside ca. It is insane!

Is this image obscene? If you are a lawyer with a desire to kill a dragon, can you come to riverside and kill this prosecution for me? my email is above.

see the image at the URL above under "obscene image"

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