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How A Grand Jury's Indictment Is Indistinguishable From Being Found Guilty.

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ASPA Jury Grand Prize (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) A recent post of mine took on grand juries, specifically the astounding fact that a North Carolina grand jury managed to crank out 276 indictments in four hours -- or roughly, one indictment every 52 seconds. Some commenters pointed out (correctly)… Related articles How A Grand Jury's Indictment Is Indistinguishable From Being Found Guilty (informationliberation.com) Exclusive: Houston cop who threatened, harassed grand jury witness served on at least nine other grand juries (washingtonpost.com) Grand Jury to decide whether or not Ferguson officer will be indicted (kmov.com) California First State to Pass Bill Allowing Noncitizens on Juries (legalzoom.com) Liberals Defend Rick Perry from Contrived Charges (politicaloutcast.com) Rick Perry Indicted By Grand Jury (slog.thestranger.com) Perry Indictment Is 'B.S.', 'Unbelievably Ridiculous', 'Beyond the Pale', 'Dangerous' Say... More L...

How Free Speech Online Is Enabled By Not Blaming Websites For The Actions Of Their Users.

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English: Cover of Against Intellectual Property by Stephan Kinsella (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) We've written many, many times about the importance of Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, which provides protections against secondary liability (except for intellectual property) claims for internet service providers. In the simplest form… Related articles Webinar recap: 8 tips for reducing social media legal risks (hiscox.com) Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act: Why Twitter apologized over NBC Olympics flap (nextlevelofnews.com) Intermediary Liability on the Internet - Ashley Hurst (cyberlaw.stanford.edu) The Communications Decency Act of 1996 Meets the Closed Frontier (volokh.com) When the Internet, Intellectual Property and Campaigns Collide (slideshare.net) I Love the Smell of Free Speech Being Shredded (gutcheckamerica.com) Summary of Federal Tax Law Changes for 2010-2017 (turbotax.intuit.com) What Is Liability Coverage? (allstate.com) ...