Article Subject: Herald wins online dating suit

Article Link: http://masslawyersweekly.com/the-docket-blog/2011/02/22/herald-wins-online-dating-suit/

Article Rating: 2.8 (out of 5)

Website: Inmate Connections

Dr. Dato’s Brief:

Talk about ‘niche’ websites, this one is a website catering to the inmates of US prisoners and the post is about a lawsuit brought against the The Boston Herald by convicted rapist Edmund LaChance Jr. LaChance alleged that the articles falsely stated that he had been convicted of manslaughter and had committed a “brutal sexual attack on an elderly woman.”

However, the ironic thing about the story is that Judge ruled against the plaintiff (LaChance) on the grounds that his story lacked any merit because he purposely withheld information from the dating website that shed him in good light and considered to be deceptive to respondents.

I shouldn’t judge here, because everyone is entitled to use the numerous dating sites out there. It maybe that if some of us did reach out to the inmates in this manner then they could grasp a real sense of worth and change the error of their ways.

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