AdLLaw Initiative
What’s So Special About The AdLLaw Initiative and Petition?
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dLLaw is the Anti-Defamation Legacy Law Initiative for the United States of America. The proposed initiative was conceived early 2010 after a group of people grew tired of witnessing the day to day defamation of Michael Jackson beginning
the night of his death. The group began to see it was not only famous decedents who were being defamed and their legacies
damaged. Originally it was known as CadeFlaw and was meant just for the State of California. In the summer of 2013 the California Initiative was expanded to include all of the USA. The proposed law was drafted by the California Judicial Counsel, but it is
written so it could fit in with each State’s slander laws for the living.
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he Initiative is meant for the family, successors or estate administrators of defamed decedents, whether they are known the
world over or their world is their home town. The wording of the Initiative is tailored so it offers family, successors or estate
administrators of defamed decedents the same opportunities to bring about a defamation civil suit as if the defamed was available
to do so themselves.
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ike any law AdLLaw must fit in without violating existing laws. This is why the current draft is so important, because the lawyers understood the greatest challenge in presenting an anti-defamation initiative to a State Senate was protecting the 1st
Amendment.
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he intent of this proposed law is to be a deterrent to defamation of the deceased and when necessary a tool used for
the worst of offenders. There are people who drive recklessly without regard to the safety of others. If there was a law
which said they would go to prison if their driving causes an accident which harms someone a mile away that will be enough for
some to stop. This makes the law a deterrent. Then there are those who must be held responsible for their actions when they
knowingly cause harm and will not stop. Although, there is generally no criminal charges associated with slander, for many the
financial penalties can be what it takes for them to stop or recant their defamation. This is when the law can be a tool.
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