Article: 'Shock Artist' Ira Isaacs Sentenced to Four Years in Prison

Published: January 16, 2013

After a nine-month delay, U.S. District Judge George H. King has sentenced online adult retailer and self-described "shock artist" Ira Isaacs to...

Article: UPDATE: Isaacs Sentencing Postponed—Feds Want Nearly 5 Yrs

Published: August 06, 2012

The finale to the saga of the Bush Justice Department's last obscenity case may be written on Monday, August 6, when fetish movie producer/retail...

Article: Ira Isaacs Wants to Correct the Record

Published: May 24, 2012

Shortly after a federal jury found scat movie producer Ira Isaacs guilty of producing and distributing obscene material, blogger and former...

Article: Isaacs Guilty On All Counts in L.A. Obscenity Trial

Published: April 27, 2012

After deliberating for less than two hours, a Los Angeles jury has just found Ira Isaacs guilty on all counts in his obscenity trial that has...

Article: Closing Arguments Completed, Isaacs Case Goes To The Jury

Published: April 27, 2012

Article: Isaacs Obscenity Trial Draws to a Close After Defendant Testifies

Published: April 26, 2012

Ira Isaacs, who's currently defending himself against charges that he produced, sold and sent allegedly obscene movies through the mails or...

Article: Isaacs Jury Gets to See Two Charged Movies in Trial's 3rd Day

Published: April 25, 2012

Today was the third day of the obscenity trial of producer/retailer Ira Isaacs, and it began shortly after 8 a.m. with the government screening...

Article: Jury Picked, Testimony Begins On 2nd Day of Isaacs' 3rd Trial

Published: April 24, 2012

The second day of adult producer/retailer Ira Isaacs' third obscenity trial got under way today with just 62 potential jurors left from the...

Article: Jury Selection Begins In Ira Isaacs Obscenity Trial, Round 3

Published: April 23, 2012

Trial began today for adult producer/retailer Ira Isaacs for the third time, with a panel of 120 potential jurors—twice the usual juror pool—bein...

Article: Hung Jury In Ira Isaacs Obscenity Case—UPDATED

Published: March 06, 2012

In a development that should make waves throughout both the adult entertainment community and religious pro-censorship groups, the Los Angeles...

Article: Isaacs Obscenity Case Goes to the Jury

Published: March 02, 2012

The week-long obscenity trial of producer and online retailer Ira Isaacs drew closer to its conclusion today as the prosecution played for the...

Article: Two Movies Bookend the Fourth Day of Ira Isaacs' Obscenity Trial

Published: March 01, 2012

The jurors involved in the Ira Isaacs obscenity trial were today also witness to a bit of 'Hollywood magic'—and they didn't even know it.

Article: Jury Selection Begins in Latest Ira Isaacs Obscenity Trial

Published: February 27, 2012

Jury selection in the second obscenity trial of producer Ira Isaacs began today, more than a year after the agreed-upon retrial date, and more...

Article: Are New Isaacs Indictments A Response to MIM Pressure?

Published: April 19, 2011

Did Morality in Media's recent letter campaign push the Justice Department to add seven new indictments to the charges already pending against "s...

Article: Isaacs Obscenity Trial Set For February

Published: August 12, 2010

Column: Why The Ira Isaacs Retrial Is In Trouble

Published: October 17, 2008

Article: Is the Ira Isaacs Trial Over?

Published: June 13, 2008

Attorney Roger Jon Diamond says the widely reported mistrial in the Ira Isaacs obscenity case was not properly declared.

Article: Isaacs Trial Suspended After Report Surfaces of Judge's Porn Site

Published: June 11, 2008

Judge Alex Kozinski, chief judge of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and the presiding judge in the Ira Isaacs obscenity trial, has agreed to...

Article: The Ira Isaacs Trial: Day One

Published: June 10, 2008

Mark Kernes reports from the federal obscenity trial of 'shock artist' Ira Isaacs.

Article: Ira Isaacs Obscenity Trial Begins

Published: June 09, 2008

Just days after Max Hardcore was found guilty of federal obscenity charges in a Florida courtroom, director Ira Isaacs is facing a similar trial...