Johnson County recently seated a grand jury to look at possible obscenity cases, but as the DA office notes, this isn't the first time something like this has come up. In 1989, a grand jury was seated for a similar purpose.
Brian, Phill Kline's spokesman, sent along a PDF of the 1989 grand jury's report. They didn't indict anybody, but they did set up community standards. It's an interesting read. Some of the jury's choices are no-brainers: videos depicting underage sex is obviously a no-no. But they also objected to "sexually oriented films lacking significant storyline or plot."
I talked to AG Paul Morrison, who was JoCo's DA at the time. He said he used the guidelines a lot and sent out investigators. He remembers prosecuting at least one case where a store rented an explicit movie to a teenager, another one of the grand jury's guidelines. In a lot of cases, Morrison said, his office would put stores "on notice," telling them about a complaint regarding a specific video. In most cases, businesses got into compliance without any case going to court.
