{ "batch": "7933-connecticut-obscenity-and-distribution", "articles": [ { "id": "learn_r7933_connecticut_obscenity_and_distribution_connecticut_7933_c1", "category": "Safety", "title": "Connecticut: anchor", "summary": "Anchor: Connecticut General Statutes Title 53a, Chapter 952 'Penal Code: Offenses', published by the Connecticut General Assembly at cga.ct.gov (obscenity provisions 53a-193 to 53a-210).", "body": "Anchor: Connecticut General Statutes Title 53a, Chapter 952 'Penal Code: Offenses', published by the Connecticut General Assembly at cga.ct.gov (obscenity provisions 53a-193 to 53a-210).\n\nWhat Connecticut General Assembly (Connecticut General Statutes) actually says:\n\n“Chapter 952 - Penal Code: Offenses”\n\nNote: Claude session research 2026-10-23 (web search + fetch of the official page); quote re-checked by the verify gate", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_952.htm", "last_verified": "2026-10-23", "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Connecticut General Assembly (Connecticut General Statutes)", "evidence_quote": "Chapter 952 - Penal Code: Offenses", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "7933-connecticut-obscenity-and-distribution", "subject": "Connecticut", "topic": "anchor", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "CT", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "any", "region": [ "us-ct" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" } }, { "id": "learn_r7933_connecticut_obscenity_and_distribution_connecticut_7933_c2", "category": "Safety", "title": "Connecticut: obscenity definition", "summary": "C.G.S. 53a-193(1) defines material as obscene if taken as a whole it predominantly appeals to the prurient interest, depicts a prohibited sexual act in a patently offensive way, and lacks serious value; Connecticut is the community for community standards.", "body": "C.G.S. 53a-193(1) defines material as obscene if taken as a whole it predominantly appeals to the prurient interest, depicts a prohibited sexual act in a patently offensive way, and lacks serious value; Connecticut is the community for community standards.\n\nWhat Connecticut General Assembly (Connecticut General Statutes) actually says:\n\n“taken as a whole, it predominantly appeals to the prurient interest, (B) it depicts or describes in a patently offensive way a prohibited sexual act, and (C) taken as a whole, it lacks serious literary, artistic, educational, political or scientific value.”\n\nNote: Claude session research 2026-10-23 (web search + fetch of the official page); quote re-checked by the verify gate", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_952.htm", "last_verified": "2026-10-23", "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Connecticut General Assembly (Connecticut General Statutes)", "evidence_quote": "taken as a whole, it predominantly appeals to the prurient interest, (B) it depicts or describes in a patently offensive way a prohibited sexual act, and (C) taken as a whole, it lacks serious literary, artistic, educational, political or scientific value.", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "7933-connecticut-obscenity-and-distribution", "subject": "Connecticut", "topic": "obscenity definition", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "CT", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "any", "region": [ "us-ct" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" } }, { "id": "learn_r7933_connecticut_obscenity_and_distribution_connecticut_7933_c3", "category": "Safety", "title": "Connecticut: community standard", "summary": "Under 53a-193(1), obscenity is judged by ordinary adults applying contemporary community standards, with the state of Connecticut deemed to be the community.", "body": "Under 53a-193(1), obscenity is judged by ordinary adults applying contemporary community standards, with the state of Connecticut deemed to be the community.\n\nWhat Connecticut General Assembly (Connecticut General Statutes) actually says:\n\n“In applying contemporary community standards, the state of Connecticut is deemed to be the community.”\n\nNote: Claude session research 2026-10-23 (web search + fetch of the official page); quote re-checked by the verify gate", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_952.htm", "last_verified": "2026-10-23", "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Connecticut General Assembly (Connecticut General Statutes)", "evidence_quote": "In applying contemporary community standards, the state of Connecticut is deemed to be the community.", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "7933-connecticut-obscenity-and-distribution", "subject": "Connecticut", "topic": "community standard", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "CT", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "any", "region": [ "us-ct" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" } }, { "id": "learn_r7933_connecticut_obscenity_and_distribution_connecticut_7933_c4", "category": "Safety", "title": "Connecticut: obscenity offense elements and class", "summary": "C.G.S. 53a-194 makes it obscenity, a class B misdemeanor, to promote or possess with intent to promote obscene material knowing its content and character.", "body": "C.G.S. 53a-194 makes it obscenity, a class B misdemeanor, to promote or possess with intent to promote obscene material knowing its content and character.\n\nWhat Connecticut General Assembly (Connecticut General Statutes) actually says:\n\n“A person is guilty of obscenity when, knowing its content and character, he promotes, or possesses with intent to promote, any obscene material or performance.”\n\nNote: Claude session research 2026-10-23 (web search + fetch of the official page); quote re-checked by the verify gate", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_952.htm", "last_verified": "2026-10-23", "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Connecticut General Assembly (Connecticut General Statutes)", "evidence_quote": "A person is guilty of obscenity when, knowing its content and character, he promotes, or possesses with intent to promote, any obscene material or performance.", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "7933-connecticut-obscenity-and-distribution", "subject": "Connecticut", "topic": "obscenity offense elements and class", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "CT", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "any", "region": [ "us-ct" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" } }, { "id": "learn_r7933_connecticut_obscenity_and_distribution_connecticut_7933_c5", "category": "Safety", "title": "Connecticut: distribution reach - definition of promote", "summary": "'Promote' in 53a-193(12) includes selling, transmitting, publishing and distributing, so the obscenity offense covers distribution and sale; it applies only to material meeting the obscenity test, not to non-obscene adult material sold to adults.", "body": "'Promote' in 53a-193(12) includes selling, transmitting, publishing and distributing, so the obscenity offense covers distribution and sale; it applies only to material meeting the obscenity test, not to non-obscene adult material sold to adults.\n\nWhat Connecticut General Assembly (Connecticut General Statutes) actually says:\n\n“means to manufacture, issue, sell, give, provide, lend, mail, deliver, transfer, transmit, publish, distribute, circulate, disseminate, present, exhibit, advertise, produce, direct or participate in.”\n\nNote: Claude session research 2026-10-23 (web search + fetch of the official page); quote re-checked by the verify gate", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_952.htm", "last_verified": "2026-10-23", "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Connecticut General Assembly (Connecticut General Statutes)", "evidence_quote": "means to manufacture, issue, sell, give, provide, lend, mail, deliver, transfer, transmit, publish, distribute, circulate, disseminate, present, exhibit, advertise, produce, direct or participate in.", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "7933-connecticut-obscenity-and-distribution", "subject": "Connecticut", "topic": "distribution reach - definition of promote", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "CT", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "any", "region": [ "us-ct" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" } }, { "id": "learn_r7933_connecticut_obscenity_and_distribution_connecticut_7933_c6", "category": "Safety", "title": "Connecticut: harmful to minors definition", "summary": "C.G.S. 53a-193(2)(B) defines 'harmful to minors' as the quality of a depiction of a prohibited sexual act that appeals to the prurient, shameful or morbid interest of minors, is patently offensive to adult-community standards for minors, and lacks serious value for minors.", "body": "C.G.S. 53a-193(2)(B) defines 'harmful to minors' as the quality of a depiction of a prohibited sexual act that appeals to the prurient, shameful or morbid interest of minors, is patently offensive to adult-community standards for minors, and lacks serious value for minors.\n\nWhat Connecticut General Assembly (Connecticut General Statutes) actually says:\n\n“means that quality of any description or representation, in whatever form, of a prohibited sexual act, when (i) it predominantly appeals to the prurient, shameful or morbid interest of minors”\n\nNote: Claude session research 2026-10-23 (web search + fetch of the official page); quote re-checked by the verify gate", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_952.htm", "last_verified": "2026-10-23", "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Connecticut General Assembly (Connecticut General Statutes)", "evidence_quote": "means that quality of any description or representation, in whatever form, of a prohibited sexual act, when (i) it predominantly appeals to the prurient, shameful or morbid interest of minors", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "7933-connecticut-obscenity-and-distribution", "subject": "Connecticut", "topic": "harmful to minors definition", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "CT", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "any", "region": [ "us-ct" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" } }, { "id": "learn_r7933_connecticut_obscenity_and_distribution_connecticut_7933_c7", "category": "Safety", "title": "Connecticut: obscenity as to minors offense", "summary": "C.G.S. 53a-196 makes it a class D felony to knowingly promote to a minor (under 17 for this section), for monetary consideration, material obscene as to minors.", "body": "C.G.S. 53a-196 makes it a class D felony to knowingly promote to a minor (under 17 for this section), for monetary consideration, material obscene as to minors.\n\nWhat Connecticut General Assembly (Connecticut General Statutes) actually says:\n\n“A person is guilty of obscenity as to minors when he knowingly promotes to a minor, for monetary consideration, any material or performance which is obscene as to minors.”\n\nNote: Claude session research 2026-10-23 (web search + fetch of the official page); quote re-checked by the verify gate", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_952.htm", "last_verified": "2026-10-23", "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Connecticut General Assembly (Connecticut General Statutes)", "evidence_quote": "A person is guilty of obscenity as to minors when he knowingly promotes to a minor, for monetary consideration, any material or performance which is obscene as to minors.", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "7933-connecticut-obscenity-and-distribution", "subject": "Connecticut", "topic": "obscenity as to minors offense", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "CT", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "any", "region": [ "us-ct" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" } }, { "id": "learn_r7933_connecticut_obscenity_and_distribution_connecticut_7933_c8", "category": "Safety", "title": "Connecticut: penalty class - minors offense", "summary": "Obscenity as to minors is a class D felony under 53a-196(d).", "body": "Obscenity as to minors is a class D felony under 53a-196(d).\n\nWhat Connecticut General Assembly (Connecticut General Statutes) actually says:\n\n“(d) Obscenity as to minors is a class D felony.”\n\nNote: Claude session research 2026-10-23 (web search + fetch of the official page); quote re-checked by the verify gate", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_952.htm", "last_verified": "2026-10-23", "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Connecticut General Assembly (Connecticut General Statutes)", "evidence_quote": "(d) Obscenity as to minors is a class D felony.", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "7933-connecticut-obscenity-and-distribution", "subject": "Connecticut", "topic": "penalty class - minors offense", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "CT", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "any", "region": [ "us-ct" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" } }, { "id": "learn_r7933_connecticut_obscenity_and_distribution_connecticut_7933_c9", "category": "Safety", "title": "Connecticut: age-check affirmative defense", "summary": "53a-196(c) provides an affirmative defense of reasonable mistake as to age plus a bona fide attempt to ascertain age by examining an official document showing the minor was 17 or older.", "body": "53a-196(c) provides an affirmative defense of reasonable mistake as to age plus a bona fide attempt to ascertain age by examining an official document showing the minor was 17 or older.\n\nWhat Connecticut General Assembly (Connecticut General Statutes) actually says:\n\n“it shall be an affirmative defense that the defendant made (1) a reasonable mistake as to age, and (2) a reasonable bona fide attempt to ascertain the true age of such minor”\n\nNote: Claude session research 2026-10-23 (web search + fetch of the official page); quote re-checked by the verify gate", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_952.htm", "last_verified": "2026-10-23", "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Connecticut General Assembly (Connecticut General Statutes)", "evidence_quote": "it shall be an affirmative defense that the defendant made (1) a reasonable mistake as to age, and (2) a reasonable bona fide attempt to ascertain the true age of such minor", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "7933-connecticut-obscenity-and-distribution", "subject": "Connecticut", "topic": "age-check affirmative defense", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "CT", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "any", "region": [ "us-ct" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" } }, { "id": "learn_r7933_connecticut_obscenity_and_distribution_connecticut_7933_q1", "category": "Safety", "title": "Connecticut: AG civil-enforcement guidance / judicial self-help page", "summary": "Connecticut defines a felony as an offense for which a person may be sentenced to a term of imprisonment in excess of one year.", "body": "Connecticut defines a felony as an offense for which a person may be sentenced to a term of imprisonment in excess of one year.\n\nWhat Connecticut (official) actually says:\n\n“Sec. 53a-25. Felony: Definition, classification, designation. (a) An offense for which a person may be sentenced to a term of imprisonment in excess of one year is a felony.”\n\nNote: Quinn (local boss on MCG): full page read, quote checked word-for-word on the page by the program", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_952.htm", "last_verified": "2026-10-24", "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Connecticut (official)", "evidence_quote": "Sec. 53a-25. Felony: Definition, classification, designation. (a) An offense for which a person may be sentenced to a term of imprisonment in excess of one year is a felony.", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "7933-connecticut-obscenity-and-distribution", "subject": "Connecticut", "topic": "AG civil-enforcement guidance / judicial self-help page", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "Connecticut", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "any", "region": [ "us-ct" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" } }, { "id": "learn_r7933_connecticut_obscenity_and_distribution_connecticut_7933_q2", "category": "Safety", "title": "Connecticut: AG civil-enforcement guidance / judicial self-help page", "summary": "Connecticut defines a misdemeanor as an offense for which a person may be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of not more than one year.", "body": "Connecticut defines a misdemeanor as an offense for which a person may be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of not more than one year.\n\nWhat Connecticut (official) actually says:\n\n“Sec. 53a-26. Misdemeanor: Definition, classification, designation. (a) An offense for which a person may be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of not more than one year is a misdemeanor.”\n\nNote: Quinn (local boss on MCG): full page read, quote checked word-for-word on the page by the program", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_952.htm", "last_verified": "2026-10-24", "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Connecticut (official)", "evidence_quote": "Sec. 53a-26. Misdemeanor: Definition, classification, designation. (a) An offense for which a person may be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of not more than one year is a misdemeanor.", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "7933-connecticut-obscenity-and-distribution", "subject": "Connecticut", "topic": "AG civil-enforcement guidance / judicial self-help page", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "Connecticut", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "any", "region": [ "us-ct" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" } }, { "id": "learn_r7933_connecticut_obscenity_and_distribution_connecticut_7933_q3", "category": "Safety", "title": "Connecticut: AG civil-enforcement guidance / judicial self-help page", "summary": "Connecticut defines a violation as an offense for which the only sentence authorized is a fine, unless expressly designated an infraction.", "body": "Connecticut defines a violation as an offense for which the only sentence authorized is a fine, unless expressly designated an infraction.\n\nWhat Connecticut (official) actually says:\n\n“Sec. 53a-27. Violation: Definition, designation. (a) An offense, for which the only sentence authorized is a fine, is a violation unless expressly designated an infraction.”\n\nNote: Quinn (local boss on MCG): full page read, quote checked word-for-word on the page by the program", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_952.htm", "last_verified": "2026-10-24", "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Connecticut (official)", "evidence_quote": "Sec. 53a-27. Violation: Definition, designation. (a) An offense, for which the only sentence authorized is a fine, is a violation unless expressly designated an infraction.", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "7933-connecticut-obscenity-and-distribution", "subject": "Connecticut", "topic": "AG civil-enforcement guidance / judicial self-help page", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "Connecticut", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "any", "region": [ "us-ct" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" } }, { "id": "learn_r7933_connecticut_obscenity_and_distribution_connecticut_7933_q4", "category": "Safety", "title": "Connecticut: AG civil-enforcement guidance / judicial self-help page", "summary": "Connecticut defines an offense as any crime or violation which constitutes a breach of any law for which a sentence to a term of imprisonment or to a fine, or both, may be imposed.", "body": "Connecticut defines an offense as any crime or violation which constitutes a breach of any law for which a sentence to a term of imprisonment or to a fine, or both, may be imposed.\n\nWhat Connecticut (official) actually says:\n\n“Sec. 53a-24. Offense defined. Application of sentencing provisions to motor vehicle and drug selling violators. (a) The term “offense” means any crime or violation which constitutes a breach of any law of this state or any other state, federal law or local law or ordinance of a political subdivision of this state, for which a sentence to a term of imprisonment or to a fine, or both, may be imposed, except one that defines a motor vehicle violation or is deemed to be an infraction.”\n\nNote: Quinn (local boss on MCG): full page read, quote checked word-for-word on the page by the program", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_952.htm", "last_verified": "2026-10-24", "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Connecticut (official)", "evidence_quote": "Sec. 53a-24. Offense defined. Application of sentencing provisions to motor vehicle and drug selling violators. (a) The term “offense” means any crime or violation which constitutes a breach of any law of this state or any other state, federal law or local law or ordinance of a political subdivision of this state, for which a sentence to a term of imprisonment or to a fine, or both, may be imposed, except one that defines a motor vehicle violation or is deemed to be an infraction.", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "7933-connecticut-obscenity-and-distribution", "subject": "Connecticut", "topic": "AG civil-enforcement guidance / judicial self-help page", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "Connecticut", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "any", "region": [ "us-ct" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" } } ] }