Re: Club Owners

[Dave Faneuf <tklaundry@juno.com>]

On Sat, 22 Feb 2003 20:20:37 -0500 "Dan Billings"
<billings@suscom-maine.net> writes:

Dan:
> The owner didn't say anything about law enforcement telling him not 
> to
> answer questions.  He said he "can not answer questions due to the 
> ongoing
> investigation."  Even if law enforcement did tell him that they 
> didn't want
> him to answer questions, his lawyer would have told him that law 
> enforcement
> has no power to keep him from talking to the press.  As a reporter, 
> I'm sure
> Jeff knows that anyway.  Many cops would like the news media to rely 
> on them
> as their only source but there is no law keeping private parties 
> from
> talking to the press.

Dave:
Enough with the semantics,  bottom line, he won't answer questions on the
advice of his lawyer, prosecutors or both.

Dan:
>  The criminal charges would be against the individuals involved.  If 
> one of
> the owners had reason to know that pyro was going to be used, the 
> theory you
> describe might work.  
> -- Dan Billings, Bowdoinham, Maine

Dave:
I could be incorrect about this, but I believe in the past corporations
have been held criminally liable for their actions.   
df