Source: ABA Journal Top Stories
Reversing a lower court, a federal appeals panel has given the government a green light to prosecute a self-proclaimed neo-Nazi for posting a juror’s name and publicly available address information on the overthrow.com website after the unidentified man helped convict a fellow white supremacist. Whether William White intended to encourage potential violence against the foreman of a Chicago jury by doing so is a question of fact for the jury in his own case to decide and the First Amendment guarantee of free speech doesn’t prevent the prosecution of the case, the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled yesterday.…
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Blogger Who Put Juror Info Online Can Be Prosecuted; Intent Will Be Key Issue
June 30, 2010 Leave a Comment
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