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      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Rhode Island: statutory code and general assembly index",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Rhode Island's General Assembly publishes legislative information, bills, and laws on the official State of Rhode Island General Assembly site at www.rilegislature.gov.",
      "body": "Rhode Island's General Assembly publishes legislative information, bills, and laws on the official State of Rhode Island General Assembly site at www.rilegislature.gov.\n\nWhat State of Rhode Island General Assembly actually says:\n\n“Welcome to the Rhode Island General Assembly’s website, a resource that connects you to the legislature. You may search for a bill, watch hearings/sessions, get news, communicate with legislators, review budget information, etc.”\n\nNote: Anchor record. Official Rhode Island General Assembly landing page.",
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      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Rhode Island: obscenity law",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Rhode Island law provides that any person who willfully or knowingly promotes for commercial gain any obscene show, motion picture, performance, photograph, book, magazine, or other material shall be punished upon conviction by a fine of $100 to $1,000, imprisonment for up to two years, or both.",
      "body": "Rhode Island law provides that any person who willfully or knowingly promotes for commercial gain any obscene show, motion picture, performance, photograph, book, magazine, or other material shall be punished upon conviction by a fine of $100 to $1,000, imprisonment for up to two years, or both.\n\nWhat State of Rhode Island General Assembly actually says:\n\n“Every person who willfully or knowingly promotes for the purpose of commercial gain within the community any show, motion picture, performance, photograph, book, magazine, or other material which is obscene shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000), or by imprisonment for not more than two (2) years, or both.”\n\nNote: RI Gen Laws § 11-31-1 governing circulation of obscene publications and shows.",
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      "evidence_quote": "Every person who willfully or knowingly promotes for the purpose of commercial gain within the community any show, motion picture, performance, photograph, book, magazine, or other material which is obscene shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000), or by imprisonment for not more than two (2) years, or both.",
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      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Rhode Island: minor protection law",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Rhode Island law prohibits the sale, lending, giving, showing, advertising, or distribution to any person under eighteen years of age of any material containing explicit representations of sexual conduct, sexual excitement, or nudity that is indecent for minors, punishable by a fine of $100 to $1,000, imprisonment for up to two years, or both.",
      "body": "Rhode Island law prohibits the sale, lending, giving, showing, advertising, or distribution to any person under eighteen years of age of any material containing explicit representations of sexual conduct, sexual excitement, or nudity that is indecent for minors, punishable by a fine of $100 to $1,000, imprisonment for up to two years, or both.\n\nWhat State of Rhode Island General Assembly actually says:\n\n“Every person who shall willfully or knowingly engage in the business of selling, lending, giving away, showing, advertising for sale, or distributing to any person under the age of eighteen (18) years, has in their possession with intent to engage in that business or to otherwise offer for sale or commercial distribution to any person under the age of eighteen (18) years, or who shall display at newsstands or any other business establishment frequented by persons under the age of eighteen (18) years or where persons under the age of eighteen (18) years are or may be invited as a part of the general public, any motion picture, any still picture, photograph, or any book, pocket book, pamphlet, or magazine of which the cover or content consists of explicit representations of “sexual conduct”, “sexual excitement”, “nudity” and which is indecent for minors or which is predominantly made up of descriptions of “sexual conduct”, “sexual excitement”, “nudity” and which is indecent, shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000), or by imprisonment for not more than two (2) years, or both.”\n\nNote: RI Gen Laws § 11-31-10 governing distribution of indecent materials to minors.",
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      "evidence_quote": "Every person who shall willfully or knowingly engage in the business of selling, lending, giving away, showing, advertising for sale, or distributing to any person under the age of eighteen (18) years, has in their possession with intent to engage in that business or to otherwise offer for sale or commercial distribution to any person under the age of eighteen (18) years, or who shall display at newsstands or any other business establishment frequented by persons under the age of eighteen (18) years or where persons under the age of eighteen (18) years are or may be invited as a part of the general public, any motion picture, any still picture, photograph, or any book, pocket book, pamphlet, or magazine of which the cover or content consists of explicit representations of “sexual conduct”, “sexual excitement”, “nudity” and which is indecent for minors or which is predominantly made up of descriptions of “sexual conduct”, “sexual excitement”, “nudity” and which is indecent, shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000), or by imprisonment for not more than two (2) years, or both.",
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