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Kenneth Walsh,
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Aug. 20, 2008
ANALYSIS

Telephone-harassment statutes

By Josh Tatum State-by-state compilation of telephone-harassment statutes.
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Inmate’s scribble on cell wall ruled a true threat
By David L. Hudson Jr. Wisconsin appeals court unswayed by argument that penciled words constituted 'hyperbolic emotional outburst.' 08.19.08

Calif. high court sides with lesbian in dispute with doctors
Two Christian fertility specialists who refused to artificially inseminate Guadalupe Benitez have neither free-speech right nor religious exemption from state law, justices decide. 08.19.08

Conn. judge won't allow release of ex-inmate's records
Associated Press had requested prison documents related to case of man who served 18 years for crime he didn't commit. 08.19.08

Fla. court limits access to D.C. Madam's suicide photos
Judge says pictures can be viewed under state's public-records law but can't be copied or published. 08.19.08

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ANALYSIS/COMMENTARY

3rd Circuit rejects juror anonymity in Wecht trial
By Douglas Lee Saying that in most cases openness outweighs risks of identifying jurors, appeals panel holds that press has right to know their names. 08.20.08

Why I am boycotting the China Olympics
By Charles C. Haynes For all of the hype about how giving China the Olympics would lead to more openness and concern for human rights by Beijing, the opposite has taken place. 08.14.08

Much is at stake in journalist-shield bill
By Gene Policinski A look at issues, settled and unsettled, in the proposed Free Flow of Information Act in the Senate that would protect the press from having to divulge confidential sources. 08.10.08

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