Tennessee law puts schoolbook sellers, distributors at criminal prosecution risk
By Anita Wadhwani, Tennessee Lookout Gov. Bill Lee has signed a new law that puts book publishers, sellers and distributors at risk of prosecution for providing written materials to the state’s public schools that may at any point be deemed obscene. The new law could open book vendors to Class E felony charges, carrying 1-6 years in prison and a minimum $10,000 fine that could be increased to $100,000