DKW 86 7,508 Posted February 18, 2005 Share Posted February 18, 2005 Link, Boston Herald Jury Finds Boston Herald Libeled JudgeFeb 18, 4:33 PM (ET) By JAY LINDSAY BOSTON (AP) - The Boston Herald was ordered Friday to pay $2.1 million for libeling a Superior Court judge in articles that portrayed him as lenient toward defendants and quoted him making insensitive comments about a 14-year-old rape victim. In a case closely watched by the media and legal communities, a jury deliberated for more than 20 hours over five days before finding that the newspaper and reporter David Wedge were guilty of libeling Superior Court Judge Ernest B. Murphy. Murphy claimed Wedge misquoted him as telling lawyers involved in the case about the teenage rape victim: "Tell her to get over it." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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