Artist's Stickers Land Man in Jail !

From Clovis NewMexico Newspaper: Stickers on a Clovis man's car portray cartoon images of bare-breasted female devils in sexually compromising positions. And the images have caught the attention of Clovis police. Officials have charged 31-year-old Dean Young, the owner of a yellow Ford Focus displaying the images, with distribution of sexually oriented materials to minors. The charge is a misdemeanor carrying a maximum punishment of 364 days in jail and $1,000 fine. Young is scheduled to appear in magistrate court on the charges in the next few weeks.

Young in turn has notified the American Civil Liberties Union, which is considering representing Young; an ACLU spokesman said Young's First Amendment rights may have been violated. Officials at the ACLU said they've never seen the stickers "one on each side of the car near the rear window, each about 4 by 6 inches wide" but based on the police report said they doubt the stickers violate the law.

"I've never heard of anyone getting a ticket for a sticker on a car," said Peter Simonson, executive director of the ACLU of New Mexico. "Unless the stickers are directly and immediately inciting people to violence that's the only way the Supreme Court has said that free speech can be somehow limited."