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Date: 27 Mar 93 07:36:29 EST
From: David Lehrer <71756.2116@COMPUSERVE.COM>
Subject: CuD
"Munroe Falls carryout"
The following is an editorial published in the Akron Beacon Journal
on
Wednesday, March 24, 1993. This editorial is copyrighted by the
Akron
Beacon Journal, and commercial use or resale of this article is
forbidden. Permission to post this editorial in its entirety has
been
generously granted by Mr. David B. Cooper, Associate Editor.
Background:
The 9-month long Mark Lehrer/Akron Anomaly BBS felony trial
situation
terminated on March 8, 1993.
Topic: Published articles about the Akron Anomaly BBS 'sting'
directed by Munroe Falls, Ohio police chief Steve Stahl on June 18,
1992. All published articles concerning this 'sting' and
associated
battles will be distributed immediately upon permission being
granted
by the author(s).
Responses are encouraged!
>From the Beacon: "We welcome your letters and the chance to
publish as
many as possible."
"We ask that letters be original, concise and legible and bear
the writer's full signature, address and daytime phone number."
"All letters are subject to editing. We withhold names only for
good
reason. The same conditions apply to letters sent by fax."
"Please address your letters to Voice of the People, Akron
Beacon
Journal, P.O. Box 640, Akron, Ohio 44309-0640."
"If you want to send your letter by fax, use our fax number:
(216) 996-3520."
David Lehrer
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07084027
MUNROE FALLS CARRYOUT
Akron Beacon Journal (AK) - WEDNESDAY March 24, 1993
Edition: 1 STAR Section: EDITORIAL Page: A14
Word Count: 313
MEMO:
Editorial / Our Opinion
TEXT:
The Fourth Amendment to the Constitution was written to safeguard
ordinary citizens against unreasonable search and seizure.
Recently, however, law-enforcement officials have taken to
seizing
possessions of convicted and suspected criminals, particularly drug
dealers.
In the case of 23-year-old Munroe Falls resident Mark
Lehrer,
police confiscated a sophisticated, $3,000 computer setup,
programs
and disks on the suspicion that he might be letting kids look at
dirty pictures. That charge was never proved. In fact, it appears
that police received only one or two complaints about his
computer
bulletin board, none from area parents. Lehrer contends a
clerical error put the pornography into files accessible to all the
bulletin board's users, not just adults. Police enlisted a
15-year-old, falsified his identity for a membership and then
helped
the teen call up a possibly offending program.
But, when the Summit County grand jury refused to indict the
University of Akron computer whiz on the original charges, Munroe
Falls police filed other charges based on the possibility that
some of the programs in Lehrer's private collection contained
pictures of minors.
Lehrer did plead guilty to a misdemeanor charge of 'attempted
possession of criminal tools' -- his computer -- based on those
subsequent charges.
No one downplays the seriousness of crime in our society,
whether
it's in the suburbs or inner cities. None argue that children
should
be able to view pornography.
But in the absence of compelling evidence that Lehrer was
trying to peddle child porn to kids, either at the outset of
this
case nine months ago or now, it could appear that the police
acted
hastily in confiscating the computer. Such actions invite
questions
as to whether the police were protecting against a child
pornographer
or using the intimidating powers of the police and judicial
system
to help themselves to a nice hunk of expensive machinery. dl
DESCRIPTORS: MUNROE FALLS; MARK LEHRER; POLICE; BIOGRAPHY; CHILD
PORNOGRAPHY; EVIDENCE; OBSCENITY
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