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Letter to the Editor

Jan. 30, 2013

Don't do the crime if you can't do the time

By Peter J. Logan

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR COLUMN

The Daily Journal reported on the appeal by the defendants convicted of blocking the speech of Ambassador Michael Oren (by the so-called "Irvine 11"). ["Free Speech at Issue in Appeal of Muslim Students' Convictions," Jan. 23]. I agree with the defendants' appellate argument that free speech is vitally important, and should not be "chilled." But I fail to comprehend how free speech is fostered by allowing a pre-planned and poli...

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