According to the Detroit News, Michigan's Attorney General Mike Cox and the state's 83 county prosecutors will not enforce a controversial state statute, which makes it a felony for a retailer to allow minors access to material deemed 'harmful to minors,' until a federal judge rules on a challenge to the law brought by the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund, five Michigan retailers, the Association of American Publishers and four other groups (see 'CBLDF Joins Michigan Case').  The law does not define what constitutes a 'harmful' book or magazine and permits retailers only a few options including barring minors from their stores, creating and enforcing an Adults Only section, or refusing to carry any sort of sexually explicit material.  The problem with the last two options, of course, is that retailers don't necessarily know what sort of book or magazine a prosecutor might deem 'harmful to minors.' 

The Attorney General and county prosecutors' agreement not to enforce the law is good news for retailers.  The Michigan law is so broadly written and poorly defined that it is not likely to withstand the legal challenge brought by the CBLDF and its supporting groups.  However, it is an election year, so stay tuned for further developments.