Write a research paper on Is murder for hire speech, or a crime? The Hit Man case

In 1993, a Maryland man named James Perry murdered Mildred Horn, her 8-year-old son Trevor, and Trevors in-home nurse Janice Saunders while acting as a professional hit man. He was hired by Mildreds ex-husband Lawrence Horn to murder Horn’s family so that Horn would receive the $2 million that his son had received in a court settlement for injuries by medical malpractice that had left him paralyzed for life. In order to commit the murders, Perry consulted the advice found in two books published by Paladin Enterprises, Inc.: Hit Man: A Technical Manual for Independent Contractors (“Hit Man”) and How to Make a Disposable Silencer, Vol. II (“Silencers”). Vivian Rice and the victims families filed wrongful death and survival actions against Paladin, which argued it had a First Amendment right to publish the books. The trial court found that First Amendment protection was not eliminated for Hit Man because, under the precedent established in Brandenburg v. Ohio (1969) the book did not incite imminent lawless action, only advocated it. The debate: The Rice family appeals its case to you, the appeals court. The legal question before you the honorable judge of the court — is whether the First Amendment protects Hit Man or not .Remember that a legal argument has to be based on facts and the law. In your arguments, use and identify the arguments in the TOPOI article you will be finding arguments for the side of the Hit Man is protected speech and as such has no legal responsibility for the murders. Hit