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By "Captain Liberty" and "Rumpole"

Sun Sentinel Columnist Mike Mayo wrote thisIN HIS BLOGrecently about Broward Attorney Sean Conway?s decision to accept a public reprimand from the Florida Bar:Part of me is disappointed that attorney Sean Conway backed down from an important free speech fight against the Florida Bar for an Internet posting in which he called Broward Circuit Judge Cheryl Aleman ?an evil, unfair witch.?But part of me understands completely.There was simply too much risk involved. If he lost this Bar fight, he could have lost his livelihood.In the end, the practical outweighed the principle.And that?s what scares me almost more than anything.When a lawyer is afraid to challenge rules that might be unconstitutional and stand up for what he thinks is right, where does that leave the rest of us?Welcome to the world of criminal defense Mr...continue to full post

Full post as published by Justice Building Blog on June 12, 2008 (boomark / email).