The U.S. District Court for the Middle of Alabama, Northern District, on July 20th. , held that a criminal defendant, charged with drug conspiracy & money laundering, could set up a website on the Internet with photographs of DEA agents and potential witnesses asking for information from the general public about those people.
The Court, in explaining its holding, stated the website constituted the defendant's protected speech rights under the First Amendment, and his right to gather evidence in his defense under the Fifth & Sixth Amendments.
It is the first case of its kind in the country.
An in-depth, subscriber, article can be found @ http://www.lawyersweeklyusa.com/subscriber/archives.cfm?page=usa/04/802044.htm&QueryText=info%20via%20website )
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