Husband was Ordered by the Magistrate to Post Facebook Apologies to Wife

[Farhana Helal Mehtab]

I enjoy reading different kinds of law & judgment from old & new sources in my leisure time. Yesterday, I read one, related with facebook, which was really interesting. What could be our judgment, if it had happened in Bangladesh!?
Let’s enjoy the developed country’s case….. I’ve prepared the news briefly for my DIU forum people.

Husband was Ordered by the Magistrate to Post Facebook Apologies to Wife to Avoid Jail

Go to jail; or post public Facebook apology to wife, every day --- this difficult choice was given by an Ohio Magistrate to a husband, named, Mark Byron.

Mark Byron, frustrated by divorce and child-custody proceedings, lashed out in a Facebook post. The part of the post was: "If you are an evil, vindictive woman who wants to ruin your husband's life and take your son's father away from him completely -- all you need to do is say that you're scared of your husband..."

Byron's post, and friends’ comments on it, made estranged wife Elizabeth Byron feel "afraid," court documents state, according to the Enquirer. The post violated a restraining order that barred Mark from causing his wife "mental abuse, harassment, or annoyance," the court found.

"It's outlandish," Byron told The Cincinnati Enquirer. "I'm afraid to do anything. People are even fearful that Facebook can be regulated by a judge." But a judge affirmed the magistrate's ruling, and found the Facebook apology fitting in Byron's case. Byron had blasted his wife in an earlier rant on Facebook, which violated a restraining order, the judge ruled.

Now, Mark Byron is complying with the court's order, and has posted the court-approved Facebook apology every day since the ruling. More than 200 words long, five-paragraph apology is not only the exceptional kind of punishment; it’s a new addition to the field of law & justice which any one can find in Mark Byron’s Facebook page.

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http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20120222/NEWS/302220184?nclick_check=1

[Ferdousi Begum]

Really being surprised to read this !!!

[safiullah]

Thanks for your nice and exceptional post.

[Farhana Helal Mehtab]

Thanks dear colleagues Safiullah & Ferdousi. My simple question was "What could be our judgment, if it had happened in Bangladesh!?"

[shahida sultana shimu]

Dear ma`am,
                    Really it`s a interesting judgment.By reading the text,i learned that how the western countries are depended on Facebook.what a moquering it is! But i remind that it is not the right way in the view of legislation.

[farzanamili]

It is a new expanded horizon of legislation and to me,it is most welcome! Law should be dynamic as law is for the people and when people and problems of people become dynamic and multi-faced, legal solution should be appropriate and smart enough to handle the problem. We cannot close our door to prevent welcoming modernism, if we do that,we cannot achieve the prosperity...just we need to balance. In our country,most of the laws are backdated, still electronic device are not accepted as evidence. Poor fine mentioned in the procedural laws are promoting offences!!! According to doctrine of proportionality, punishment should be proportionate to the offence, same here....solution should be proportionate to the problem!

[Farhana Israt Jahan]

Its really an interesting judgement..

[irina]

Dear Madam
'What could be our judgement....?'
I'm afraid we would not even notice the things went wrong!

[farzanamili]

Ms. Irina...yes....we have to be more cautious....specially we, the advantageous,educated sub-section of the women section of the society..

[tariqul_088]

Thanks ma'am. I think it is an exceptional judgement. I have learned a new thing.........

[Farhana Helal Mehtab]

Dear Farzana,
I appreciate your reply!

Dear others,
Thanks for appreciating the judgement.

[shyful]

Let justice be done though the haven may  fall –Latin Proverb


Thanks Ma;am for  such an interesting post.

[Adiba_Anis]

Really interesting post Ma'm.
Intrigued to know such things do happen, just imagining how awkwardly it will be placed in the perspective of Bangladesh, as most of the males will reject the judgement. Yet the system is way too good.

[soykotdiu]

The Honorable Magistrate introduce a new kind of punishment! thank you madam for sharing it with us    
In our country day by day increasing harassment by facebook. So i think, its high time to enable this punishment (To post facebook for apologies) to protect such harassment which committed by facebook.

[AbdurRahim]

interesting