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      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] South Carolina: statutory code index",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] South Carolina's Code of Laws is published on the official General Assembly website listing titles 1 through 63, including Title 16 covering Crimes and Offenses.",
      "body": "South Carolina's Code of Laws is published on the official General Assembly website listing titles 1 through 63, including Title 16 covering Crimes and Offenses.\n\nWhat South Carolina Legislative Council actually says:\n\n“South Carolina Code of Laws \n\n Title 1 - Administration of the Government \n\n Title 2 - General Assembly \n\n Title 3 - U.S. Government, Agreements and Relations With \n\n Title 4 - Counties \n\n Title 5 - Municipal Corporations \n\n Title 6 - Local Government - Provisions Applicable to Special Purpose\nDistricts and Other Political Subdivisions \n\n Title 7 - Elections \n\n Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees \n\n Title 9 - Retirement Systems \n\n Title 10 - Public Buildings and Property \n\n Title 11 - Public Finance \n\n Title 12 - Taxation \n\n Title 13 - Planning, Research and Development \n\n Title 14 - Courts \n\n Title 15 - Civil Remedies and Procedures \n\n Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses”\n\nNote: Anchor record. The list of Titles from the official legislative website indicates Title 16 is the location for Crimes and Offenses.",
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      "category": "Safety",
      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] South Carolina: statutory code index",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] South Carolina's statutes are published on the official Legislative Information site at scstatehouse.gov under a codes index page listing Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses.",
      "body": "South Carolina's statutes are published on the official Legislative Information site at scstatehouse.gov under a codes index page listing Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses.\n\nWhat South Carolina Legislative Council actually says:\n\n“South Carolina Code of Laws”\n\nNote: Anchor record. The page heading 'South Carolina Code of Laws' and the title list are the verbatim evidence.",
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      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] South Carolina: obscenity definition statute",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] South Carolina Code Section 16-15-305(B) defines obscene material as material that: (1) depicts sexual conduct in a patently offensive way to average person applying contemporary community standards; (2) appeals to prurient interest in sex to average person applying contemporary community standards; (3) lacks serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value to reasonable person; and (4) is not otherwise protected or privileged under U.S. or State Constitutions.",
      "body": "South Carolina Code Section 16-15-305(B) defines obscene material as material that: (1) depicts sexual conduct in a patently offensive way to average person applying contemporary community standards; (2) appeals to prurient interest in sex to average person applying contemporary community standards; (3) lacks serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value to reasonable person; and (4) is not otherwise protected or privileged under U.S. or State Constitutions.\n\nWhat South Carolina Legislative Council actually says:\n\n“For purposes of this article any material is obscene if: (1) to the average person applying contemporary community standards, the material depicts or describes in a patently offensive way sexual conduct specifically defined by subsection (C) of this section; (2) the average person applying contemporary community standards relating to the depiction or description of sexual conduct would find that the material taken as a whole appeals to the prurient interest in sex; (3) to a reasonable person, the material taken as a whole lacks serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value; and (4) the material as used is not otherwise protected or privileged under the Constitutions of the United States or of this State.”\n\nNote: Definition includes sexual conduct definition in subsection (C) covering intercourse, masturbation, excretory functions, bestiality, sado-masochistic abuse, touching/fondling, and insertion of body parts/objects.",
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      "evidence_quote": "For purposes of this article any material is obscene if: (1) to the average person applying contemporary community standards, the material depicts or describes in a patently offensive way sexual conduct specifically defined by subsection (C) of this section; (2) the average person applying contemporary community standards relating to the depiction or description of sexual conduct would find that the material taken as a whole appeals to the prurient interest in sex; (3) to a reasonable person, the material taken as a whole lacks serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value; and (4) the material as used is not otherwise protected or privileged under the Constitutions of the United States or of this State.",
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      "category": "Safety",
      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] South Carolina: distribution or sale offence",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] South Carolina Code Section 16-15-305(A) makes it unlawful for any person knowingly to disseminate obscenity, which includes selling, delivering, providing, offering or agreeing to sell/deliver/provide obscene writing, picture, record, digital electronic file, or other representation; presenting or directing obscene performance; publishing/exhibiting/making available obscene material; or exhibiting/presenting/renting/selling/delivering/providing motion picture, film, tape, video, or matter representing obscene material.",
      "body": "South Carolina Code Section 16-15-305(A) makes it unlawful for any person knowingly to disseminate obscenity, which includes selling, delivering, providing, offering or agreeing to sell/deliver/provide obscene writing, picture, record, digital electronic file, or other representation; presenting or directing obscene performance; publishing/exhibiting/making available obscene material; or exhibiting/presenting/renting/selling/delivering/providing motion picture, film, tape, video, or matter representing obscene material.\n\nWhat South Carolina Legislative Council actually says:\n\n“(A) It is unlawful for any person knowingly to disseminate obscenity. A person disseminates obscenity within the meaning of this article if he: (1) sells, delivers, or provides or offers or agrees to sell, deliver, or provide any obscene writing, picture, record, digital electronic file, or other representation or description of the obscene; (2) presents or directs an obscene play, dance, or other performance, or participates directly in that portion thereof which makes it obscene; (3) publishes, exhibits, or otherwise makes available anything obscene to any group or individual; or (4) exhibits, presents, rents, sells, delivers, or provides; or offers or agrees to exhibit, present, rent, or to provide: any motion picture, film, filmstrip, or projection slide, or sound recording, sound tape, or sound track, video tapes and recordings, or any matter or material of whatever form which is a representation, description, performance, or publication of the obscene.”\n\nNote: Penalty for violation: Section 16-15-305(H) states violator is guilty of felony and must be imprisoned not more than five years or fined not more than ten thousand dollars, or both.",
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      "evidence_quote": "(A) It is unlawful for any person knowingly to disseminate obscenity. A person disseminates obscenity within the meaning of this article if he: (1) sells, delivers, or provides or offers or agrees to sell, deliver, or provide any obscene writing, picture, record, digital electronic file, or other representation or description of the obscene; (2) presents or directs an obscene play, dance, or other performance, or participates directly in that portion thereof which makes it obscene; (3) publishes, exhibits, or otherwise makes available anything obscene to any group or individual; or (4) exhibits, presents, rents, sells, delivers, or provides; or offers or agrees to exhibit, present, rent, or to provide: any motion picture, film, filmstrip, or projection slide, or sound recording, sound tape, or sound track, video tapes and recordings, or any matter or material of whatever form which is a representation, description, performance, or publication of the obscene.",
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