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OBVIOUSLY, THIS PROSECUTOR?S BUDGET IS TOO BIG: Third Circuit Upholds Injunction of Threatened ?S?

By Glenn Reynolds

OBVIOUSLY, THIS PROSECUTOR’S BUDGET IS TOO BIG: Third Circuit Upholds Injunction of Threatened ?Sexting? Prosecution.

So the prosecutor (1) threatened to prosecute plaintiff?s daughter (2) even though it turns out he didn?t have probable cause for a prosecution (3) unless the daughter went through the ?education program.? All three elements, it turns out, seem to be crucial to the decision.

Perhaps the injunction can be amended to require District Attorney George Skumanick to undergo mandatory constitutional rights sensitivity training. Or tar and feathering, whatever.

Full post as published by Instapundit.com on March 18, 2010 (boomark / email).