Machado Case
This case is about Machado send a threatening hate message to 59 Asian students at UCI (University of California at Irvine), via email. Actually this was an important case as Machado case was declared to have national importance by federal prosecutors. ... On February 13th, 1998, Machado was found guilty for the hate crime and was sentence to serve 1 year in prison for all the charges. One of the main issues in Machado’s case is freedom of speech. Machado certainly felt that he was exercising this right when he wrote the emails. ... Was Machado really exercising this right? ... Does Machado freedom of speech override the students? ... Since the case happened in the USA, we will take the USA legal definition. ... In Machado’s case, did the email present a “clear and present danger? ... Another main issues in Machado’s case is Misuse of Trust, There are many forms of trust. ... In Machado Case, we stated that Machado has commit under the issue of misuse of trust of the property.