Community Standards
April, 1987
In 1973, the United States Supreme Court adopted the test for obscenity set forth in Miller vs. California. The Miller test was thought to be a major step forward, for it acknowledged that local rather than national standards should be applied in banning obscene material. The Court, however, provided little guidance as to how those standards should be determined.Does the current method, trial by jury, work? Does the community really decide what is obscene? In most obscenity trials, six to 12 jur...
