On January 7th, it was reported that Minnesota prosecutors had declined to prosecute a man who had posted anti-Muslim images, on the grounds that it was, as Stearns County Attorney Janelle Kendall aptly put it, a "classic First Amendment case." Indeed, the case would only have been significant if prosecutors had attempted to bring charges.
In marked contrast, the upcoming criminal trial of Dutch politician Geert Wilders for having "intentionally offended a group of people, i.e. Muslims," and the potential of a two-year prison sentence for this 'crime,' is nearly unfathomable. [The Legal Project] Read more
