Dennis Blankenship discovered today that having a sexually explicit online chat with his underage niece is not considered to be constitutionally protected free speech.
The Missouri Supreme Court rejected the claims of Blankenship, 54, White, Ga., that he never did anything with the St. Louis County girl and was just exercising his First Amendment rights when he talked about various things he was doing to his body and encouraging the girl to do various things to hers and suggesting things she might do to his the next time they got together.
The girl immediately became concerned about the conversations, told her parents, and law enforcement was brought in. After that point, Blankenship was exercising what he thought was his First Amendment rights with a police officer.
Those conversations, which are spelled out in graphic terms in the court's opinion, led to Blankenship's indictment, arrest, and conviction. He was sentenced to four years in prison.
2 comments:
Bet you could turn this into a book.
Glad this girl was smart enough to tell someone what this scum was doing!!
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