Christopher Handley, the Iowa man on trial for possessing manga “drawings of children being sexually abused,” was sentenced on Thursday to six months in prison. Following this sentence, Handley must serve three years of supervised release and five years of probation. Both of these terms will start upon his release from prison and will run concurrently. Handley also agreed to forfeit all seized materials, including his computer. During Handley’s supervised release and probation, Handley must also “participate in a treatment program, to include psychological testing and a polygraph examination, as directed by the U. S. Probation Officer.” According to earlier court documents, this last provision is “intended to provide [Handley] with diagnosis and treatment for sexually and/or gender identity or other mental health issues.”
Handley pleaded guilty to his charges in May 2009.
Items Seized
/>Included in the court documents is the list of the seven books that Handley had shipped to him and that U.S. Post Office officials seized in May 2006. The seizure led to a warrant to search Handley’s home and eventually being charged for possession of obscene materials. The seven books are:
* Mikansei Seifuku Sh?jo (Unfinished School Girl) by Yuki Tamachi (LE Comics)
* I [Heart] Doll by Makafusigi (Seraphim Comics)
* Kemono for ESSENTIAL 3 (THE ANIMAL SEX ANTHOLOGY Vol.3) by Masato Tsukimori et al (Izumi Comics)
* Otonari Kazoku (Neighboring House Family) by Nekogen (MD Comics)
* Eromon by Makafusigi (Seraphim Comics)
* Kono Man_ ga Sugoi! (This Man_ is Awesome!) by Makafusigi (Seraphim Comics)
* Hina Meiky? (Doll Labyrinth) by Makafusigi (Seraphim Comics)
Each of these volumes of manga, according to court documents, contained minors engaged in sexual acts, sexual abuse on minors from adults, or minors engaged in bestiality. In addition, when law officials searched Handley’s home, they seized more than 1,200 items, including manga and other documents. However, most were returned to Handley after they were determined to not “constitute or contain contraband.” More than 80 books were retained. Court documents revealed that many of the books retained were from the anthology Comic LO (LO meaning “Lolita Only”). Handley admitted to buying the aforementioned seven books from a place called “cosplay café,” and told officials he had ordered “similar materials earlier from ‘Jlist’ in Japan and ‘Mand[a]rake.com.'”
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This is garbage. No actual children were involved.
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That picture looks like a fairly grown-up manga woman.
Seriously, though, 1200?
Maybe this is the wake-up call he needs to get a life.
tiki wants us to add pics to our posts, but I couldn’t find a really child-like one that wasn’t NSFW. IOW, it’s all tiki’s fault.
Also, I didn’t want to be arrested.
thanks for that, I don’t want to end up in jail because of a report by someone else that was linked to from a case involving pretend porn.
If you were jailed, where would I post? I couldn’t let that happen.
Yeah, I hear prison is unpleasant.
Speaking as someone who was once a child, I feel that if he chooses this over actually molesting or abusing a child, let him. He was probably otherwise a relatively productive member of society, and it didn’t harm anyone.