JOHN W. DEAN
Defaming The Dead: Congressman Peter King's Michael Jackson Media Rant
FindLaw columnist and former counsel to the president John Dean takes strong issue with New York Republican Congressman Peter King's decision, in the wake of Michael Jackson's death, to call Jackson a "child molester" and a "pedophile" despite his acquittal in a criminal trial. Dean points out that, were Jackson still alive, King's comments might well run afoul of defamation laws. He also recalls that in the 1980s, the New York Assembly seriously considered a law that would create a remedy for defaming the dead, and suggests that influential Jackson supporters such as Reverend Al Sharpton might do well to re-introduce such legislation in New York in the wake of Jackson's death and the ensuing attacks upon Jackson's character. Friday, July 10, 2009
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JOHN W. DEAN
Defaming The Dead: Congressman Peter King's Michael Jackson Media Rant
FindLaw columnist and former counsel to the president John Dean takes strong issue with New York Republican Congressman Peter King's decision, in the wake of Michael Jackson's death, to call Jackson a "child molester" and a "pedophile" despite his acquittal in a criminal trial. Dean points out that, were Jackson still alive, King's comments might well run afoul of defamation laws. He also recalls that in the 1980s, the New York Assembly seriously considered a law that would create a remedy for defaming the dead, and suggests that influential Jackson supporters such as Reverend Al Sharpton might do well to re-introduce such legislation in New York in the wake of Jackson's death and the ensuing attacks upon Jackson's character. Friday, July 10, 2009
Defaming The Dead: Congressman Peter King's Michael Jackson Media Rant
FindLaw columnist and former counsel to the president John Dean takes strong issue with New York Republican Congressman Peter King's decision, in the wake of Michael Jackson's death, to call Jackson a "child molester" and a "pedophile" despite his acquittal in a criminal trial. Dean points out that, were Jackson still alive, King's comments might well run afoul of defamation laws. He also recalls that in the 1980s, the New York Assembly seriously considered a law that would create a remedy for defaming the dead, and suggests that influential Jackson supporters such as Reverend Al Sharpton might do well to re-introduce such legislation in New York in the wake of Jackson's death and the ensuing attacks upon Jackson's character. Friday, July 10, 2009
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