Re: OT: Mark Speight dead

Just because someone is dead doesn't mean you can't libel them:

"Libel per se involves statements so vicious that malice is assumed and
does not require a proof of intent to get an award of general damages.
Libel against the reputation of a person who has died will allow surviving
members of the family to bring an action for damages."

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/4630243.stm


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