Facebook and the Clerk's Office

A federal judge <strong><a href="http://www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/EmployFace.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" aria-label="ruled (opens in a new tab)">ruled</a></strong> for the clerk of court who encouraged an employee to resign after he posted on his Facebook page that a state attorney “should be tarred and feathered if not hung from a tree” for failing to seek the death penalty against an accused double murderer; the post disrupted the office for days.

ORLANDO, Fla. — A federal judge ruled for the clerk of court who encouraged an employee to resign after he posted on his Facebook page that a state attorney “should be tarred and feathered if not hung from a tree” for failing to seek the death penalty against an accused double murderer; the post disrupted the office for days.

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