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To: Snowshoe who wrote (156578)	2/8/2006 3:49:01 AM
From: Snowshoe	Respond to of 793807

Re my earlier post: Jesus Comic Enrages Greeks dw-world.de I did a little further research and learned that his ridiculous conviction was overturned... Gerhard Haderer Conviction Overturned Apr 17, 10:39 AM hellenophile.com Gerhard Haderer, the Austrian comic book artist whose conviction on blasphemy charges sparked small protests across the EU, has had his conviction overturned. The appeals court unanimously voted to overturn the conviction. Belatedly realizing the far-reaching consequences of the charges, the prosecutor admitted the prosecution was a mistake. Haderer, 54, was given a six-month suspended prison sentence in January for “maliciously insulting the Orthodox Church” and his book The Life of Jesus was banned in Greece – causing protests from European human-ights groups and other cartoonists. The book, published in several European countries, portrays Jesus as a hippie surfer who enjoys smoking marijuana with friends and celebrities including Jimi Hendrix. “He has been cleared and the book is no longer banned,” Haderer’s lawyer, Maria Marazioti, said. “We all agreed it’s not something that special to have the book published in the Greek market, and that the artist had no intention to insult Christianity. Everyone understood that, even the priests.”