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A Grand Jury Would Indict A Ham Sandwich (but not the person who throws it)!

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In New York, there has been an expression among prosecutors that a grand jury would indict a ham sandwich.  As silly as that sounds in light of the serious nature of an indictment, the expression itself is an indictment of...more

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Statute Criminalizing Election Campaign Lies Found to Violate First Amendment and Article 16

On August 6, 2015, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) in Commonwealth v. Lucas struck down Massachusetts General Laws, Chapter 56, § 42 (Section 42), which criminalized the utterance or publication of “any false...more

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