http://overlawyered.com/2009/06/prisoners-first-amendment-rights/ Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Tue, 14 Feb 2012 06:39:32 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://overlawyered.com/2009/06/prisoners-first-amendment-rights/comment-page-1/#comment-50857 Tom T. Sun, 14 Jun 2009 19:50:07 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=11729#comment-50857 I clerked for a district judge, and we one time received an envelope from a prisoner, containing partially chewed food. We just sent it back to the warden's office. I clerked for a district judge, and we one time received an envelope from a prisoner, containing partially chewed food. We just sent it back to the warden’s office.

]]> http://overlawyered.com/2009/06/prisoners-first-amendment-rights/comment-page-1/#comment-50845 Leland D. Davis Sun, 14 Jun 2009 16:36:34 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=11729#comment-50845 Notice, in one case, an attorney was insulted (bad bad bad, can't let that happen) and in another case a mere corrections officer was defamed (hey, he's just a corrections officer, he should lump it). Sometimes, you wonder if it is the law being served, or the legal profession. Notice, in one case, an attorney was insulted (bad bad bad, can’t let that happen) and in another case a mere corrections officer was defamed (hey, he’s just a corrections officer, he should lump it). Sometimes, you wonder if it is the law being served, or the legal profession.

]]> http://overlawyered.com/2009/06/prisoners-first-amendment-rights/comment-page-1/#comment-50837 Dennis Sun, 14 Jun 2009 14:14:24 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=11729#comment-50837 Are prosecutors immune from protest letters written by their constituents? There was no threat in the letter. Are prosecutors immune from protest letters written by their constituents? There was no threat in the letter.

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