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Bare-Breasted Sculpture is Art, Not Obscenity

A bare-breasted sculpture at a northeast Kansas arboretum isn’t criminal.

The Kansas City Star reports a Johnson County grand jury chose Friday not to issue on indictment over the life-size bronze sculpture at the Overland Park Arboretum. Known as “Accept or Reject,” the sculpture depicts a woman wearing an opened blouse, her breasts exposed, taking a photograph of herself

Critics collected enough signatures through a petition drive to summon the 15-member jury. Johnson County District Judge Gerald Elliott told the jurors their job was to determine if the sculpture violated the Kansas obscenity law.

If they found probable cause of a crime, they were to issue an indictment known as a true bill. But late Friday afternoon they issued a “no true bill” ruling.

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