Tuesday, March 4, 2014

The ARDC and the case law it does NOT have on its side

From recent cases from Ken Ditkowsky:
Garrison v. State of LA
Where criticism of public officials is concerned, we see no merit in the argument that criminal libel statutes serve interests distinct from those secured by civil libel laws, and therefore should not be subject to the same limitations.3 At common law, truth was no defense to criminal *68 libel. Although the victim of a true but defamatory publication might not have been unjustly damaged in reputation by the libel, the speaker was still…
jmdenison | March 3, 2014 at 10:18 pm | Categories: Uncategorized | URL: http://wp.me/p209wH-18p

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