The governor signed a bill last week that repealed the state’s criminal libel and slander statutes, but a state law that criminalizes defamation remains intact. March 20, 2007 · Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman ...

[You might also read my first post on the subject, Anti-Libel Injunctions and the Criminal Libel Connection; or you can read the whole article in PDF. To see the footnotes below, click on the "MORE" ...

Here's the Introduction (minus the footnotes)—you can find the whole text here: An injunction against libel, which carries the threat of prosecution for criminal contempt, is like a miniature criminal ...

From the Winter 2003 issue of The News Media & The Law, page 36. From the Winter 2003 issue of The News Media & The Law, page 36. Recent events in the area of criminal libel have spurred public debate ...

CONCORD, N.H. — A federal court today ruled that the American Civil Liberties Union’s constitutional challenge to New Hampshire’s criminal defamation law can proceed. The law makes it a misdemeanor to ...

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WASHINGTON — Like lots of Americans, Robert Frese is not shy about expressing his views on the internet. Last year, in a comment on a newspaper’s Facebook page, he said a New Hampshire police officer ...

In December 2018, the ACLU filed a lawsuit challenging New Hampshire’s law against criminal defamation on behalf of a man arrested for insulting police online. Twenty-five states have laws that make ...

(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a 28 September 2005 CPJ press release: RUSSIA: Journalist released after serving criminal libel sentence New York, September 28, 2005 – Eduard Abrosimov was released from ...

(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a CPJ letter to Russian President Vladimir Putin: January 31, 2006 His Excellency Vladimir Putin President of the Russian Federation The Kremlin Moscow, Russia Via ...

In what sounds like a throwback to an early century, a Colorado resident has been charged with criminal libel for comments that he made about his ex-girlfriend on Craigslist. The man, J.P. Weichel, ...