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<text id=92TT1943>
<title>
Aug. 31, 1992: No Gunmen for Rent
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<history>
TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1992
Aug. 31, 1992 Woody Allen: Cries and Whispers
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<article>
<source>Time Magazine</source>
<hdr>
THE WEEK, Page 21
SOCIETY
No Gunmen for Rent
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<p>An appeals court rules a magazine liable for a public offer
to kill
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<p> A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals in
Montgomery, Alabama, has ruled that Soldier of Fortune magazine
will have to pay $4.37 million in compensatory damages to Michael
and Ian Braun. Their father, a businessman, was murdered in a
contract killing set in motion by a 1985 classified ad headed GUN
FOR HIRE and offering the "special skills" of a "professional
mercenary." Two other businessmen, the advertiser, Richard
Michael Savage, and an associate of his, were convicted of
conspiracy in the murder. Soldier of Fortune, the court ruled,
was negligent in publishing an ad that clearly indicated the
advertiser was "ready, willing and able to use his gun to commit
crimes" and presented a "danger of harm to the public."
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</body></article>
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