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- Robert J. Stevens, an author and small-time film producer who presented himself as an authority on pit bulls, compiled and sold videotapes showing dogfights. Though he did not participate in the dogfights, he received a 37-month sentence under a 1999 federal law that banned trafficking in "depictions of animal cruelty."
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Sep 19, 2009 · Mr. Stevens, 69, had nothing to do with the dogfights themselves. But he did compile and sell tapes showing them, and that was enough to earn him a 37-month sentence under a 1999 federal law that...
Oct 6, 2009 · Robert Stevens, 69, was sentenced by a Pittsburgh jury in 2005 to more than three years in prison for selling the graphic videos of dog fights. The Virginia man's sentence was harsher than...
The ruling also threw out the conviction of Robert Stevens of Virginia, who was sentenced to three years in prison for making and distributing videos of dog fighting under the law. Chief...
The Supreme Court held that 18 U.S.C. § 48 is substantially overbroad, and therefore invalid under the First Amendment. With Chief Justice John G. Roberts writing for the majority, the Court reasoned that depictions of animal cruelty are not categorically unprotected by the First Amendment.
Oct 6, 2009 · Robert J. Stevens (“Stevens”) operated a business that advertised and sold pit bull-related videos and merchandise. During an investigation, law enforcement officials bought three videotapes from Stevens, the first two showing footage of pit bulls in dogfights, and the third showing footage of trained pit bulls attacking wild boar.
Robert Stevens, creator of “Dogs of Velvet and Steel,” earned around $57,000 through advertising and reporting the results of dogfights.81 The films sold and promoted by Stevens depicted animal fighting and pit bulls ripping apart domestic animals.82 Stevens did not stage the actual fights; he merely facilitated and encouraged others to ...
Oct 6, 2009 · The arguments stem from the arrest, conviction, and subsequent appeal by filmmaker Robert Stevens, who received a 37-month prison sentence for including footage of a Japanese dog fight in one...
