The book that I mentioned in one of my earlier posts is pictured at right.  It’s a lousy picture – took it with my cell – but you can see what it looks like.  This book is the story of the Commonwealth’s Attorney (CA) in Staunton and his prosecution of an obscenity case.  Now, highly placed elected officials like myself can’t be bothered to type “Commonwealths Attorney” all the time so we have develeoped a very clever abbreviation: “CA”.  Also, since all of you that read this blog are not elected elites like me, let me remind you that the CA in Manassas is not the City Attorney. It’s Paul Ebert.

So, this is his (the CA in Staunton) story of prosecuting an obscenity case.  It goes from the initial purchase through jury selection to the trial.  The book is his story and you should read it (if you elect to) with that in mind.  It’s not some sort of study of the issue but a first-person account of what it is like to prosecute one of these cases.  If it happened here in Manassas I would think it would look a lot like what is in the book.  I would point out that not everyone in Staunton was wild about this activity.  Some felt the CA spent too much money on it.

Now, if you want the book, I have a couple of copies.  If you want one let me know.  The price is a donation to your favorite charity.  I ain’t Amazon.com so you’ll have to come to my office to get your copy.  Email me to get yours: andy@harrover.com

UPDATE:  I’ve got about 8 copies left.  If you want one, please let me know.