{"data":{"id":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-53a-195","jurisdiction":"us-ct","citation":"Conn. Gen. Stat. § 53a-195","heading":"Defense.","body":"In any prosecution for obscenity it is a defense that the persons to whom allegedly obscene material was disseminated, or the audience to an allegedly obscene performance, consisted of persons or institutions having scientific, educational or governmental justification for possessing or viewing the same.","path":["TITLE 53a. PENAL CODE","CHAPTER 952*. PENAL CODE: OFFENSES","PART XX. OBSCENITY AND RELATED OFFENSES"],"source_url":"https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_952.htm#sec_53a-195","current_through":"Revised to January 1, 2026 (2026 Supplement to the General Statutes of Connecticut, applied over the base revision of January 1, 2025)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T19:07:19Z","sha256":"b777934fef832405a6c4a8a9289f6f62349d497e4c3a9bdad61d480f8b607273","source_id":"us-ct","stale":false,"prev":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-53a-194","next":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-53a-196"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}