ANCPR: Man found not guilty of threatening judges

http://ancpr.com/blog/archives/468

I guess these three traffic court rejects were skipping class the day
they taught about the imminent and specificity requirements regarding
banning or prosecuting for threatening speech (four, actually, since the
DA was the one that took this case to court).


A couple of quotes:

“Calling a judge a fat, lazy pig is offensive, but it’s not illegal,�
said Assistant Public Defender Ann Finnell.

---well, maybe it's offensive to the pig.

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“You’re on my list for personal visits the day you get off the bench.
You will explain to my son why you couldn’t do your job.�

Johnson testified she perceived the entire e-mail as a threat but
particularly the line about explaining herself to Cahill’s son. She said
she knew that Cahill, a U.S. Naval Academy graduate, had mental issues
and her first thought was that he was lurking somewhere in the
courthouse, ready to accost her. Fueling her fear, she said, was that
she hadn’t handled Cahill’s case in four years when the e-mail arrived.

“People who attend military academies are taught how to commit violence
in many different ways,� Johnson said. “They know how to kill people.�
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And of course, when you are planning offensive action of a violent
nature, the very first thing they tell you is to announce what you are
doing to the target so they can take defensive measures.