NODE 80f60ea7Lawsuit over publishing how-to-murder book
"Deranged Mutant" <WlkngOwl@unix.asb.com>Wed, 24 Jul 1996 09:51:43 +0800
>From LI Newsday today, p. 18:
Suit Follows Muder by the Book
Publisher of how-to 'Hit Man' manual is blamed in 3 killings
The Associated Press
(Greebvelt, Md.) - James E. Perry committed muder by the book.
Now the book's publisher is accused of aiding and abetting his crimes.
In a case that legal scholars say could set a precedent in First
Amendment law if allowed to proceed, a federal judge yesterday said
he would rule in 30 days on a motion against the publisher of "Hit
Man: A Technical Manual for Independent Contractors".
[..]
The $10, 130-page book has sold 13,000 copies since it was
published in 1983 by Paladin Press of Boulder, Colo., a small company
that sells mostly through mail orders from its catalog.
[..]
No mention of the Internet or four-horseman in the article.