A Long Island politician charged with tax evasion cannot prevent media outlets from running photographs of him in handcuffs, a federal judge decided on Friday. Ruling from the bench, Eastern District Judge Arthur D. Spatt in Central Islip denied a motion by Nassau County Democratic legislator Roger Corbin to enjoin Newsday and cable channel News 12 from running pictures of him taken during a "perp walk" following his May 6 arrest. Judge Spatt said he was "troubled by [the] repeated use" of Mr. Corbin's photograph with his hands handcuffed behind his back, when there were "numerous photographs" of him available from his 14 years as a lawmaker. But the judge said he lacked the authority to "censor the press in this matter and cannot instruct the press as to what images are newsworthy."
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Court Refuses to Halt Media Use Of Lawmaker's Perp Walk Photo
New York Law Journal
June 1, 2009
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