Saturday, July 21, 2012

Freedom Of Speech- Not In Kentucky

From the Las Vegas Sun: A 17-year-old Kentucky girl who was upset by the plea deal reached by a pair of teenagers who sexually assaulted her is now facing a contempt charge for tweeting their names in violation of a court order.
Savannah Dietrich of Louisville told The Courier-Journal (http://cjky.it/NEcirr) she is frustrated by what she feels is a lenient deal for her attackers. After posting the names on Twitter, Dietrich wrote, "I'm not protecting anyone that made my life a living Hell."
The Associated Press does not normally report the names of sexual assault victims, but Dietrich and her parents say they do not want to shield her identity and want her case to be public.
The boys' attorneys have asked a judge to hold Dietrich in contempt for violating the confidentiality of a juvenile hearing and the judge's order not to speak about it.
Dietrich told the paper she was assaulted in August 2011 by two boys she knew when she passed out after drinking at a gathering. She learned months later that pictures of the assault were taken and shared with others.
"For months, I cried myself to sleep. I couldn't go out in public places," she told the newspaper, as her father and attorneys sat nearby. "You just sit there and wonder, who saw (the pictures), who knows?"
Dietrich's attorneys want her contempt hearing open to the media, arguing she has a First Amendment right to speak about her case and to a public hearing.
http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2012/jul/21/us-twitter-teen-assaulted/
The victim, Savannah Dietrich, is not a reporter nor is she an officer of the court.  She had every right to name the the thugs that were guilty of the crimes against her, no matter what a bunch of scum sucking lawyers and pin head judge says.
Too bad I cannot find out who the thugs are who are being protected by lawyers and judge because I would love to publicize their names.

1 comment:

  1. Will Frey & Austin Zehnder are the boys. They attend Louisville Trinity High School.

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