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Article: Hitting "Hit Man" in the pocketbook. (publisher liability from works that tell how to commit crimes)
- Article from:
- American Journalism Review
- Article date:
- April 1, 1996
- Author:
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 1996 University of Maryland. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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In 1993, James Edward Perry murdered a disabled boy, the boy's mother and his nurse at their home in Silver Spring, Maryland. The boy's father is accused of hiring Perry to kill his son so that he could collect the proceeds from a medical malpractice settlement.
During Perry's trial, prosecutors introduced passages from "Hit Man: A Technical Manual for Independent Contractors," a book they claim Perry used as his guide to carrying out the murders-for-hire.
Surviving family members have sued Paladin Press, a Boulder, Colorado-based book publishing house, in federal court in Greenbelt, Maryland. They claim that by publishing and marketing "Hit Man," Paladin ...