Obscene! (sort of)- Staunton porn trial bizarre from start to finish

It was a scene straight out of The Andy Griffith Show's fictitious town of Mayberry. On Tuesday, August 12, just before the judge gaveled Staunton Circuit Court into session, smiling citizens reporting for jury duty waved hello to each other, some exchanging familiar back-slapping greetings with sheriffs, and the city prosecutor inquired about a potential juror's recent fishing trip. It was just another day in the small Southern town of Staunton. That is, until jury selection in the town's first obscenity trial in recent memory got underway.

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