Sentence examples for face obscenity from inspiring English sources

Until last week, his most notorious case was one that involved rap music group 2 Live Crew, whose leader, Luther Campbell, was about to face obscenity charges in Broward County for releasing an album called "As Nasty As They Wanna Be".

Until last week, his most notorious case was one that involved rap music group 2 Live Crew, whose leader, Luther Campbell, was about to face obscenity charges in Broward County for releasing an album called "As Nasty As They Wanna Be"..

Under state laws, Sturman eventually faced obscenity indictments in California, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, and Ohio.

Eleanor Hawkins, the young woman from Derby currently facing obscenity charges in Malaysia, was barely a toddler at the time I behaved stupidly on Mount Kinabalu.

His first brush with notoriety came when in 1971 he was one of three Oz editors who faced obscenity charges for publishing a sexually explicit cartoon.

Salma's first poetry collection shocked conservative society, and in 2003 she and three other Tamil women poets faced obscenity charges and violent threats.

William Burroughs was acclaimed by Jack Kerouac as the "greatest satirical writer since Jonathan Swift", but a Turkish publisher is currently facing obscenity charges for releasing an edition of his novel, The Soft Machine.

Although it was federally legal for the novel to be published in the U.S. by the early '60s, Burroughs still faced obscenity cases in several states, most notable being the 1966 case in Boston, which some have considered to be the last significant obscenity suit concerning American literature.

The Turkish publisher facing obscenity charges for releasing a translation of a William Burroughs novel has vowed not to be intimidated by an Istanbul court's decision to postpone the trial, despite the "sword of Damocles" which now hangs over its head.

Earlier gay filmmakers, like Jack Smith and Kenneth Anger faced obscenity prosecution for even broaching the subject of sexuality.

(Campbell also faces obscenity and battery charges, the latter stemming from an alleged encounter with a corrections officer).