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Previous Politech message: "Replies to 'When anyone can publish, who's a journalist now?'" http://www.politechbot.com/p-02474.html This is an alarming course of events, and it looks to be an abuse of power on the part of King County Superior Court Judge James Doerty. I hope Paul has good counsel. Vicki Richman <vicric@vicric.com> of the National Writers Union submitted a note to Politech last fall on the topic (link above) and noted that Paul could use donations to cover his legal fees. -Declan --- From: "John Cieciel" <uselesseater@msn.com> To: "dec" <declan@well.com> Subject: Seattle Weekly - news clips: Trummel in solitary Date: Fri, 31 May 2002 13:24:04 -0500 <http://www.seattleweekly.com/features/0222/nc-anderson2.shtml>http://www.seattleweekly.com/features/0222/nc-anderson2.shtml --- Published May 30 - June 5, 2002 Trummel in solitary BY RICK ANDERSON NEWSLETTER AND Internet publisher Paul Trummel, whose February jailing prompted a flood of protests by journalists and others around the U.S., has now been dispatched to solitary confinement at King County Jail. Trummel has been incarcerated since Feb. 27 by order of King County Superior Court Judge James Doerty for contempt of court after failing to permanently alter the accusatory language on his Web site. According to supporters and his attorney, Trummel was sent to "The Hole," as one put it, last Thursday, May 23, as the result of a squabble over Trummel's phone privileges, which Judge Doerty apparently felt he was abusing. The judge prohibited Trummel from using the phone except to call a public defender, says Seattle attorney Robert Siegel, who is handling Trummel's appeal in the contempt case. "I am advised that since it was too hard for his jailers to monitor his phone use in regular prison, they then decided to put him in solitary to make it easier," says Siegel. "The situation is putting Paul's health and life at risk." Siegel says Trummel, 69, has arthritis and a prostate problem. [...] ------------------------------------------------------------------------- POLITECH -- Declan McCullagh's politics and technology mailing list You may redistribute this message freely if you include this notice. To subscribe to Politech: http://www.politechbot.com/info/subscribe.html This message is archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ Declan McCullagh's photographs are at http://www.mccullagh.org/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Like Politech? Make a donation here: http://www.politechbot.com/donate/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------