Jack Thompson to Be Pwned By the Bar in September

[ May 21st, 2008 @ 11:19 am ] ... [ C. S. Magor ] ... [ 916 views]

Jack Thompson to Be Pwned By the Bar in September

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The judge refereeing the Jack Thompson Florida Bar complaint has dealt the outspoken anti-gaming activist a vicious blow, recommending that he be found guilty of 27 out of the 31 charges against him. Thompson has done a lot of things to bring his present legal situation on himself.

According to Judge Dava Tunis, his actions included:

Knowingly making a false statement of material fact or law to a tribunal,” “using means that have no purpose other than to embarrass, delay, or burden a third person,” “engaging in conduct involving dishonesty, fraud, deceit, or misrepresentation,” and “making statements that the lawyer knows to be false or with reckless disregard as to the truth or falsity concerning to the qualifications or integrity of a judge.

The final ruling will not be issued until the beginning September, until that time at least, the Florida Supreme Court has muzzled Thompson, with the declaration that they will no longer accept his filings unless they are signed by another lawyer. It is expected that he will be sanctioned and we have to wait until the September ruling to see just how harsh those sanctions are. While I doubt that the sanctions will be as harsh or total as a disbarment; they are certain to be embarrassing for a lawyer, regardless of whether that lawyer happens to be a ranting and raving religious extremist or not. [Law via Ars Technica]