![]() If someone learns how to make a bomb from a chemistry textbook, for example, will the publisher be found liable for aiding and abetting murder? Indeed, there have been cases in which publishers of chemistry textbooks have had to pay damages to school children who burned themselves as a result of unclear instructions. Publishers of "how-to" books had filed amici briefs expressing concern that if Paladin Press was found liable for aiding and abetting murder, it could set a precedent for any and all publishers of "how-to" books to be held liable in similar cases. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit ruled that the case could proceed to trial, but on the last working day before the trial was scheduled (in May 1999), Paladin settled out of court. ![]() ![]() The mother's sisters and the nurse's husband sued Paladin Press for aiding and abetting murder, but Paladin Press argued that the lawsuit should be barred by the First Amendment. ![]() In 1993, a hitman in Maryland read Paladin Press' book Hitman: A Technical Manual for Independent Contractors and then explicitly followed the twenty-seven steps outlined in the book as he murdered a mother, her son, and the son's full-time nurse. ![]()
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