Unconscionable
JUDGE REFUSES TO ALLOW POST AND COURIER TO PUBLISH SCOTT’S DUI ARREST TAPES
FITSNews - May 3, 2008 - In one of the most unconscionable infringements on freedom of the press in state history, S.C. Circuit Court Judge James Williams Jr. has prohibited the Charleston Post and Courier from publishing audiotapes of phone calls made by State Sen. Randy Scott at the Dorchester County Detention facility the night he was arrested for driving under the influence.
From the paper:
A circuit judge has stopped The Post and Courier from publishing audiotapes of phone calls state Sen. Randy Scott made from his holding cell at the Dorchester County Detention Center last month.
And the judge has ordered the Dorchester County Sheriff’s Office to stop disseminating the tape.
In his order, 1st Circuit Judge James Williams Jr. said that attorneys for Scott contend that release of the tapes could hurt his chances of receiving a fair trial.
No sh*t that’s what Scott’s attorneys are saying, and who can blame them? We know Sen. Scott was in the car with a woman who wasn’t his wife that night, and we know he berated deputies later on that evening. Lord knows what these tapes show, but you can count on FITSNews to publish them the second we obtain them.
Comments
By Not Sayin', Just Sayin' ... on May 3rd, 2008 at 5:38 pm
Amen, Sic! Screw prior restraint!
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