{"id":58570,"date":"2026-10-25T01:37:02","date_gmt":"2026-10-25T05:37:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/?p=58570"},"modified":"2026-10-24T20:45:08","modified_gmt":"2026-10-25T00:45:08","slug":"judge-upholds-law-against-sex-offender","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/2026\/10\/25\/judge-upholds-law-against-sex-offender\/","title":{"rendered":"Judge Upholds Law Against Sex Offender"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"58571\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/2026\/10\/25\/judge-upholds-law-against-sex-offender\/kenneth-moore\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Kenneth-Moore.avif\" data-orig-size=\"1600,900\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"Kenneth Moore\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Kenneth-Moore-1024x576.avif\" src=\"http:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Kenneth-Moore-125x125.avif\" alt=\"\" width=\"125\" height=\"125\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-58571\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Kenneth-Moore-125x125.avif 125w, https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Kenneth-Moore-150x150.avif 150w, http:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Kenneth-Moore.avif 250w, http:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Kenneth-Moore.avif 375w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 125px) 100vw, 125px\" \/><br \/>\nA Kentucky judge overruled a challenge against a state law aimed at protecting children from sexual predators.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>House Bill 207 was passed by the General Assembly and signed into law by Governor Andy Beshear in 2024, banning the possession of child sex dolls and computer-generated sexual material that includes identifiable children.<\/p>\n<p>The law was challenged by 51-year-old Kenneth Moore following his arrest in July 2025, who said it violated his constitutional rights. Moore was taken into custody after a search warrant was executed at his home, and a forensic search of his cellphone recovered videos and images of child sexual abuse.<\/p>\n<p>Attorney General Russell Coleman filed a brief April 8, 2026, to uphold the legislation, calling Moore\u2019s challenge \u201cabsurd.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to Coleman, a Union County Circuit judge ruled Friday to uphold the law and found Moore guilty of five counts of promoting a sexual performance by a minor less than 16 years of age, one count of trafficking a child sex doll and 10 counts of possession or viewing of matter portraying a sexual performance by a minor, with the jury recommending a 20-year prison sentence and that Moore register as a sex offender.<\/p>\n<p>Moore is scheduled to be sentenced January 11.<br \/>\nSource: WDRB+WAVE<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Kentucky judge overruled a challenge against a state law aimed at protecting children from sexual predators.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":58571,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[51,59],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-58570","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-main-news","category-news","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6aKAp-feG","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":true,"date":"2026-11-01 20:37:02","action":"category","newStatus":"draft","terms":[69],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Kenneth-Moore.avif","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58570","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/31"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58570"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58570\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":58572,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58570\/revisions\/58572"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/58571"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58570"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58570"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58570"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}