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To its breaking point. i don't know who brought the case. >> because it worries me. thinking structurally as someone who's been part of our judicial system for year, this sort of case makes a mockery of any judicial process. >> it does. one of the cliches of our fist amendment is people always complain about a chilling effect, that if the government does something, it will stop other people from speaking in ways that they should be allowed to speak. this is the very definition of the chilling effect. think about it. all these parents are doing is defending their daughter, repeating testimony s...

>> rev recommend, in florida, we have the florida bar that governors lawyers and their trial publicity. and it's a balance between a person's right to a fair trial, and a person's right to dissemination of information, the fist amendment, we have to be very careful, the public discourse and others are very important because they could affect social policy. when a lawyer is connected to the case like a defense lawyer or prosecutor, they fall under these rules, and they have to be very, very careful they do not pretry their case in the public. there is many, many reasons for this, but one of the...