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Did District Attorney Jim Bob Miller File A Frivolous Criminal Complaint Against Blogger?

District Attorney Jim Bob Miller of McAlester, Oklahoma has filed a criminal complaint against his long-time critic, Harold King.  King operates a web forum where members of the public may post comments.  Some of the comments were critical of Attorney Miller.  Attorney Miller is thus seeking to have King prosecuted: Documents obtained by the McAlester News-Capital show that District 18 District Attorney Jim Bob Miller has filed an offense report with the McAlester Police Department against Harold King. King operates www.mccooler.net, the McAlester Watercooler, where comments critical of Miller have been posted. An offense report filed with police lists Miller as the person who reported the complaint to McAlester police and lists the phone number of the district attorney?s office...continue to full post

Full post as published by Crime & Federalism on August 15, 2008 (boomark / email).