What happened in Staunton, part 1: Store owner convicted for selling
legally produced porn to adults

Submitted by Elizabeth on 7 September 2008 - 6:59pm.

A couple years ago we had the Alabama Vibrator case. Now we have the
Staunton Pornography case. According to NewsLeader.com, Rick Krial,
owner of After Hours Video, a store whose express purpose was to sell
"adult" material to adults, was indicted on 16 felony charges and 8
misdemeanor charges for obscenity because in his shop he sold
pornography to ... wait for it ... adults. From August 12-15 he was
tried on two of the misdemeanor charges. He was convicted on one. His
store was convicted of the same charge. An employee was found not
guilty of the same charges. My attempt to make sense of this is below
the fold.

Marty Klein, writing on Alternet, puts it this way: