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To: Mama Bear who wrote (2680)	5/9/1999 1:10:00 AM
From: Mama Bear	Read Replies (2) of 13056

There is an interesting civil trial ready to start in Maryland. A fellow hired a hit man to kill his wife, child, and the child's nurse so that he could collect money (~$2 million) from a settlement that the child received. The hit man bought a book from a company called Paladin Press, which detailed how to commit a contract killing. Paladin Press is being sued and is trying to use the First Amendment as a shield from responsibility. Believe it or not I have a hard time seeing how Paladin doesn't have civil liability. I suppose the argument could be made that the murders would have occurred with or without the book. While I don't think the First Amendment protects works from being subject to criminal liability, I have a hard time with it being used as a hiding place if direct harm can be shown. However, I seem to be on the opposite side of the fence from a lot of Constitutional scholars. I thought it would be an interesting subject to debate in this forum. Here is Nat Hentoff's op-ed piece which appeared in today's Washington Post: search.washingtonpost.com Barb

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