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Article: Courtroom dramatics: courts in two states will take up the issue of free speech vs. accountability, with filmmaker Oliver Stone in the hot seat in Louisiana for his controversial movie Natural Born Killers. (Law).(Brief Article)
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- May 17, 1999
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Can Oliver Stone be held responsible for crimes committed by people who watched his inflammatory movie about random murder and depravity? In a multimillion-dollar lawsuit, prosecutors contend the director (and other defendants) is responsible for violence -- the shooting and subsequent paralysis of a young mother during a convenience-store robbery -- inspired by his 1994 film, Natural Born Killers.
Similarly, attorneys for the parents of three students killed when a 14-year-old boy opened fire in a high school blame media organizations. Lawyers Michael Breen and Jack Thompson have filed a $100 million federal lawsuit against Internet pornographers, motion-picture ...