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Showing posts with label FREE SPEACH. Show all posts
Showing posts with label FREE SPEACH. Show all posts

Thursday, January 21, 2016

MICHAEL VOLPE ON TESTING THE LIMITS OF FREE SPEECH IN THE TED TAUPIER CASE!

MICHAEL VOLPE REPORTS IN "COMMUNITIES DIGITAL NEWS" AS FOLLOWS:
WASHINGTON, January 20, 2016 – An “ugly” but private email will test the limits of free speech and possibly set precedent, according to a noted attorney handling the case.
Edward “Ted” Taupier, 50, was convicted of threatening a judge and breach of peace and sentenced to 18 months in prison by Connecticut Judge David Gold in a bench trial. 
The conviction stems from an August 2014 email Taupier sent that described details of the home of his then divorce judge, Judge Elizabeth Bozzuto, “Bozzuto lives in watertown (sic) with her boys and nanny…there is 245 y(a)rds between her master bedroom and cemetery that provides cover and concealment,” and ended with an homage to Charlton Heston, “They can steal my kids from my cold dead bleeding cordite filled fists…as my 60 round mag falls to the floor and I’m dying as I change out of my 30 round mag.”
It was established in the first day of the original trial that Taupier never sent the email directly to Bozzuto. Instead, he sent it to six individuals.
Evidence also showed the statement about Judge Bozzuto was part of a thread in which the individuals complained of their own divorce and custody trials..."

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http://www.commdiginews.com/politics-2/law/ugly-email-case-to-clarify-true-threat-test-free-speech-56076/#KxMeq5DOIrJbxIOo.99