Comments on: July 15 roundup https://www.overlawyered.com/2008/07/july-15-roundup/ Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Sat, 22 Nov 2008 19:54:29 +0000 hourly 1 By: Julie Amero case ends https://www.overlawyered.com/2008/07/july-15-roundup/comment-page-1/#comment-35228 Sat, 22 Nov 2008 19:54:29 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=7274#comment-35228 […] judge had overturned the conviction of the former Norwich, Ct. substitute teacher (Jul. 15, Mar. 14 and Jun. 10, 2007, etc.) over the episode in which her computer (almost certainly infected […]

]]> By: Deoxy https://www.overlawyered.com/2008/07/july-15-roundup/comment-page-1/#comment-24725 Tue, 15 Jul 2008 15:10:03 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=7274#comment-24725 Freedom of speech IS the freedom to offend. “freedom to speak anything which does not offend anyone” is exactly identical to “no freedom of speech at all”, as anyone (such as the government) can just proclaim whatever topic to be “offensive”, and then you can’t say it.

That’s the whole, complete, and entire point of freedom of speech. It has no other purpose.

]]> By: Alan Kellogg https://www.overlawyered.com/2008/07/july-15-roundup/comment-page-1/#comment-24676 Tue, 15 Jul 2008 05:43:00 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=7274#comment-24676 Norwich Ct. Case

The prosecutors are afraid of admitting error. They think that if they say they were wrong and correct their mistake, that they will lose any authority. What they’re really doing is eroding what authority they have by showing they cannot be relied on to handle any affair honestly. Reputation counts for a lot in the legal community, and once you’ve earned a reputation for dishonesty people will run riot over you.

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