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General Counsel for Citizens for Decency through Law, Bruce Taylor, testified before the Commission in New York.

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During the New York hearing, Christopher Mega, New York State Senator and Chairman of the New York Senate Crime and Correction Committee, and Jerry McKenna, General Counsel for the New York State Select Committee on Crime, testified before the Attorney General's Commission on Pornography in New York.

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Carl Shoffler, Washington, D.C., Detective and Ledra Brady, supervisor of the Analytical section of the Intelligence Division of the Washington, D.C., Police Department testified before the Commission at the New York hearing.

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APPENDIX A

CHARTER OF THE

ATTORNEY GENERAL'S

COMMISSION ON PORNOGRAPHY

1. Authority and Official Designation

The Attorney General's Commission on Pornography (the "Commission") will operate pursuant to the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Pub. L. No. 92-463, 86 Stat. 770 (1972), as amended by the Government in the Sunshine Act, Pub. L. No. 94-409, S 5 (c), 90 Stat. 1241, 1247 (1976) (the "Act"). Pursuant to Section 9(c) of the Act, the following information is provided regarding the Commission.

2. Objectives and Scope of Activity

The objectives of the Commission are to determine the nature, extent, and impact on society of pornography in the United States, and to make specific recommendations to the Attorney General concerning more effective ways in which the spread of pornography could be contained, consistent with constitutional guarantees.

The scope of the Commission includes: a study of the dimensions of the problem of pornography, particularly visual and graphic pornography, including changes over the last several years in the nature of pornography, its volume, the impact of new technology, and pornography that relates to children; an examination of the means of production and distribution of pornographic materials, specifically including the role of organized crime in the pornography business; a review of the available empirical and scientific evidence on the relationship between exposure to pornographic materials and antisocial behavior, and on the impact of the creation and dissemination of both adult and child pornography upon children, including, as appropriate, the commissioning of new research on these subjects; a review of national, State, and local efforts, whether by the government or others, to curb pornography; and the exploration and, where appropriate, the recommendation of possible roles and initiatives that the Department of Justice and agencies of local, State, and Federal government could pursue in controlling, consistent with constitutional guarantees, the production and distribution of pornography.

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