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Court upholds ban on TV penis jokester

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DETROIT, May 12 (UPI) -- The Michigan Court of Appeals has ruled a penis telling jokes on TV is not exactly the kind of free expression protected by the First Amendment.

Timothy Huffman, 47, an unemployed father of five who lives north of Grand Rapids, was convicted in 2000 of indecent exposure for showing the penis episode on late night public access television. He was sentenced to serve a day in jail and a year of probation, and was ordered to pay $1,035 in fines and court costs.

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Huffman, who said he would carry his case to the Michigan Supreme Court, told the Detroit Free Press he had been targeted for prosecution because he has a criminal record and lacked the resources to defend himself.

"We asked them in court, 'Why don't you prosecute 'Schindler's List?' It has nudity,'" Huffman said. "And they said to me, 'You're no Steven Spielberg.'"

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