RICHMOND, Va. (AP) -- Ruling that the right to a free press doesn't cover a how-to-kill book, a federal appeals panel said the families of a hired killer's victims may sue the publisher of a book that he consulted.
A three-judge panel of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals denied First Amendment protection to ``Hit Man: A Technical Manual for Independent Contractors,'' saying publisher Paladin Press knew it would be used by murderers.
The decision is online in an incredibly difficult-to-read layout at: http://www.law.emory.edu/4circuit/nov97/962412.p.html .. I'm working on a more nicely formatted version, but am kinda getting my ass kicked with things to do today, so that may not be ready until tomorrow. -- Greg Broiles | US crypto export control policy in a nutshell: gbroiles@netbox.com | Export jobs, not crypto. http://www.io.com/~gbroiles | http://www.parrhesia.com