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Criminal

Aug. 25, 2005

Convict's Threatening Speech Is Not Protected

SAN FRANCISCO - The First Amendment does not protect an Arizona prison inmate who said he wanted to string a federal judge up and cut her throat, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday.

By Amelia Hansen
Daily Journal Staff Writer
        SAN FRANCISCO - The First Amendment does not protect an Arizona prison inmate who said he wanted to string a federal judge up and cut her throat, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday.
        The inmate confided to another prisoner that he "wanted to string th...

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