On Friday, a justice of the British Columbia Supreme Court struck down several sections of the Criminal Code covering child pornography.
Groups working with victims of child pornography are outraged.
John Sharpe was charged after police raided his home, in Surrey, in 1995. They seized CDs, pictures and writings about child pornography. Sharpe defended himself in the case. He argued the sections of the code dealing with the possession of pornography violate his rights of privacy and freedom. Justice Duncan Shaw agreed.