It's the definition of nudity that seems to throw this out and the description of places where there is a reasonable expectation of privacy. Look at (c) of the law:

Is it not important to you to have judges that follow the law rather than make up something?

I don't understand your point. A judge cannot create laws, a judge can only interpret them. The laws in this case were not written with the advent of easy digital photography in mind. The law lags behind technology and this case is evidence of that which is why the legislature will fix it.

There is no written opinion because this was at the trial level, not the appellate level. Paul Maloney, the DDA, conceded that the lack of nudity was a problem with their case but still felt that it was important to charge the guy.

Jesus, do you not understand how the law works? Do you know the reading of the law?

Oregonlive has more details on what happened and why Judge Butterfield's hands were tied.

I think this is pretty straight forward and the reasoning is governed by the mandatory definitions for the terms of the crime.

The encouraging child sex abuse is quite specific, I'd say it wouldn't apply to this situation because it requires "sexually explicit conduct involving a child" Encouraging child sexual abuse statute

Can you tell him that PrincessBlergh from Jezebel thinks that he's a dickhead and a horrible excuse for a judge?

bc judges don't make laws. the legislature does. hopefully now Oregon will pass a law that directly addresses this.

I know the judge in this case and he hates that he had to make this decision. But it is consistent with the laws on the books right now - which were enacted before cellphones with cameras existed. However, my understanding is that there is a bill being introduced this legislative session to fix this issue so the…

I'm more on the vegans side here. The restaurant can put or take off whatever it wants from the menu. There doesn't need to be meat at every restaurant. Sending angry emails about it is ridiculous.

I agree with your points here (in the general sense), but you're a bit off the mark in regards to the restaurant's supporters, don't you think? Only one side here (the angry meat-eaters) is being asshole-ish, so why is this story the basis for criticizing both sides? Why is sending messages of support (that, from what…

As politely as I can say, you are incredibly wrong. These restaurants, many that I have visited personally have existed for many decades. They are still in areas that have been untouched by gentrification. They're black. Like black black. It's not a gentrification thing. POC do care about veganism. Really,…

"smug, superior shit about how animals have souls"

It's so weird to me that environmental concerns are now a far more socially acceptable reason than ethical concerns to reduce or eliminate meat consumption. I think it's probably because organizations like PETA are so overly focused on the animal welfare aspects that those ideas have become associated with extremist…

I don't care to get into a debate here but would just like to say that there are tons of black and latino vegans and vegetarians all over the world especially in the US. There are tons of black vegan restaurants deep in Brooklyn (like in Flatbush) or in Harlem and the Bronx. Visit these places. They're run by…

I've been a vegetarian my whole life (from reading Jezebel foodie posts I think you would probably call my parents the granola types haha, which would be fair), and a vegan for about two months (it's a trial to see how I feel about it I guess). I have never been preachy or 'meat is murder' etc etc. Even if I did feel…

Exactly, I feel the same way about all that:

How privileged do you have to be to write hate mail about not being able to buy $8.99 a pound organic chicken breast anymore?