At 17:14 -0600 on 3/20/01, Jim Choate wrote:
>Which raises an interesting point, 'defemation' is presented as a 'crime'
>yet it is managed in a 'civil' case, thus denying critical civil liberties
>to the person being acted against.
How is it presented as a crime?
1. You can't go to jail for it.
2. The government won't prosecute you for it.
Doesn't sound like a crime to me...
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