One reason that libel damages remain high is that as well as compensating claimants for the unpleasantness of being defamed, they have a punitive element, deterring the press from libelling people.
The Hamilton County prosecutor's office did not reply to a question from the Guardian after Deter's press conference over whether any other officers were being investigated in relation to the incident.
And it was was ugly that the Cincinnati journalists at Deter's press conference seemed to be as scared of potentially angry black people as Ohio officials: one of the first questions Audrey DuBuose, Samuel's mother, grotesquely got asked was whether she was ready to forgive, and one of the first his brother, Aubrey, got was asked was about whether he would endorse peace, which he did.
About the size of a guitar pick, the caps are rigid enough to deter toddlers from pressing the home button, but flexible enough to allow an adult to activate the home button with a very firm press.
Unlike Mayor Abraham D. Beame, who brushed off being struck by a pie during a public appearance some years earlier, Mr. Koch called the incident an assault and pressed charges to "deter people who think it's all right to use fascist tactics".
Active warzones prevent and deter consistent, independent investigations, from the press and non-governmental organizations, into each drone strike.
"He has cut crime with a smaller budget and fewer cops while also trying to deter terrorist attacks," said Edward Skyler, the mayor's press secretary.
The Joint Threat Research Intelligence Group, or JTRIG, specialises in attempting to "discredit, disrupt, delay, deny, degrade, and deter" opponents and has been branded by the press as GCHQ's "deception unit".
Since publishing the article Ms Gauthier has claimed the country is trying to deter foreign reporters, and has revealed that if her press credentials are not renewed she will not be able to apply for a new Chinese visa.
I disagreed with Barr v. Matteo, but even in that case it was said there were 'other sanctions than civil tort suits available to deter the executive official' from making defamatory statements in press releases.
