Paul Cox
This case had me thinking more than a lot of cases do. It had me thinking about privacy laws, anonymity laws and just how the courts should or should not apply them. This case opened up a huge debate about "privilege." There is law/client privilege and there is religious privilege. But what about in situations in which you believe that you are in a "sacred" or "safe" place? The words "but for" are very important when it comes to the law. It excuses a lot of things actually. Those two words refer to actions. Paul Cox's lawyer used those two words in his trial and while he was correct that "but for" the actions of others Paul Cox would have never have likely been in a courtroom it was overruled upon. I agree with the court... but only in part. In the middle of the night between New Years Eve and New Years Day 1989 Lakshman Chervu, a professor in nuclear medicine, and his wife, Shanta, an emergency room doctor, while r...