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Florida Saggy Jeans Law Ruled Unconstitutional, Is Pine Lawn Next?

Filed Thursday, September 18, 2008 at 12:00 PM

A Riviera Beach, Florida law that landed a 17-year-old teenager in jail for wearing sagging jeans has been ruled unconstitutional. A similar law was passed last year by the St. Louis County town of Pine Lawn.

Here’s our report from last year on the Pine Lawn “fashion police”.

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Former PubDef intern Gabe Bullard, who produced this report, is now a reporter for the NPR station in Louisville, KY.

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