Lawrence A. Stanley

Lawrence A. Stanley was an American lawyer who specialized in defending men accused of child pornography crimes. Ran the girllover Web site and bookstore Alessandra's Smile, which sold pictures of nude girls (but not penetrative sex). Also published the newsletter "Uncommon Desires", devoted to girllove. Was on the Editorial Board of Paidika and published in it "The Hysteria Over Child Pornography and Paedophilia" in Volume 1, No. 2, 1987, and, "A Legal Note: Paidika in Search Warrant" in Volume 1, No. 4, 1988, and some book reviews. He was described by Judith Levine, author of Harmful to Children, as "the most thorough researcher of child pornography".

He was the author of:

• "The Child Pornography Myth", Playboy, September, 1988.
• "Some Thoughts on the Difference between 'Erotica' and 'Pornography'", NAMBLA Bulletin, vol. 10, no. 3, April 1989.
• "Down the Slippery Slope - The Crime of Viewing Manga", ComiPress, 2009, http://comipress.com/special/miscellaneous/down-the-slippery-slope-the-crime-of-viewing-manga#_ednref7.
• "The Child Porn Storm: How One Curious Legal Case Caused a Capital Hill Stampede", Washington Post, January 30, 1994, C3.

As of 2013 was a fugitive and believed to be in Brazil.