236 So. 3d 632 - Breen v. Holmes’s Empirical Analysis

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1 state decisions

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1. “I guarantee that she had this plot in the makings for sometime. There is no doubt that she staged all the abuse charges against him knowing she could use it later. She is a wicked person. ... The more I learn about this tragedy, the more I am convinced that Dr. Breen's death was premeditated murder and not manslaughter in a moment of passion. How, in God's name, has this woman avoided arrest? ? ? My most sincere sympathy to the Breen children that they must suffer further as they grieve the loss of their father.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. Tingle v. Hebert

2. “imply that the speaker [was] privy to undisclosed facts. Rather, the evidence establishes that the statements were made against a backdrop of continuous media reports fixing the public's attention on these issues, specifically whether [plaintiff] should be criminally prosecuted for killing her husband, based on the facts being reported.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. Tingle v. Hebert

3. “were posted in internet forums dedicated to discussing [the husband's] death and whether she should be criminally prosecuted”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. Tingle v. Hebert