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Tall in the Saddle is a 1944 American Western film starring John Wayne and Ella Raines. Written by Paul Fix and Michael Hogan, based on the serialized novel of the same name by Gordon Ray Young, it was directed by Edwin L. Marin. Tall in the Saddle was the only film to pair Wayne, who plays the tough cowboy, and Raines, who plays the fiery ...
New York v. Ferber, 458 U.S. 747 (1982), was a landmark decision of the U.S Supreme Court, unanimously ruling that the First Amendment to the United States Constitution did not protect the sale or manufacture of child sexual abuse material (also known as child pornography) and that states could outlaw it.
Child pornography first became illegal at the federal level in 1978, with the enactment of the Protection of Children Against Sexual Exploitation Act of 1977. [3] Before the 1978 law, child pornography was illegal in only two states. [4] The 1978 law was subsequently strengthened in 1984, with the passage of the Child Protection Act. [5]
The Amy, Vicky, and Andy Child Pornography Victim Assistance Act of 2018 (AVAA) (Pub. L.Tooltip Public Law (United States) 115–299 (text) (PDF)) is a United States federal law that changes how federal courts determine the amount of restitution victims of child pornography offenses receive. [ 1 ] The AVAA responds to the United States Supreme ...
The First Step Act, formally known as the Formerly Incarcerated Reenter Society Transformed Safely Transitioning Every Person Act, is a bipartisan criminal justice bill passed by the 115th U.S. Congress and signed by President Donald Trump in December 2018. The act enacted several changes in U.S. federal criminal law aimed at reforming federal ...
George Junius Stinney Jr. (October 21, 1929 – June 16, 1944) was an African American boy who, at the age of 14, was convicted and then executed in a proceeding later vacated as an unfair trial for the murders of two young white girls in March 1944 – Betty June Binnicker, age 11, and Mary Emma Thames, age 8 – in his hometown of Alcolu, South Carolina.
English. Budget. $12.5 million [2] Box office. $44.1 million [3] The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (released as The Boy in the Striped Pajamas in North America) is a 2008 Holocaust historical drama film written and directed by Mark Herman. It is based on the 2006 novel of the same name by John Boyne.
Audrey Long. Audrey Gwendoline Long (April 14, 1922 – September 19, 2014) [1] was an American stage and screen actress of English descent, who performed mainly in low-budget films in the 1940s and early 1950s. [2] Some of her more notable film performances are in Tall in the Saddle (1944) with John Wayne, Wanderer of the Wasteland (1945 ...