Legal Update: Freedom of Speech, Virginia Tech Shooting

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Published April 30, 2007 at 11:01 AM PDT

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Does freedom of speech allow a potential threat against others in a school setting? KPBS "These Days" legal analyst Dan Eaton discusses the social context of the legal system in the aftermath of the

Legal Update: Freedom of Speech, Virginia Tech Shooting

Alan Ray (Guest Host): The question may never be fully resolved: "What is protected speech?" Where does my right to say -- to yell -- to write what I choose end? It's a question that arises again in the aftermath of the mass murder a couple of weeks ago at Virginia Tech. How will that tragic reality affect the outcomes of cases in the courts now? Will it? Should it?

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Dan Eaton, These Days legal analyst.