stories are similar, saying it s difficult to prove? i think in criminal law, obviously, they ve got beyond a reasonable doubt, the civil area is preponderance of the evidence. let me tell you something, this involves millions of dollars, one way to stop people like this is to make it too expensive. that s the importance of the pursuit of civil claims by the victims. and also, bringing the board in, they enabled him. there were a few $100,000 settlements, isn t that too an admission? not admissible. wait a minute, wait a minute. of course it s an admission, the interesting thing is in the contract. you don t know. you don t know. one at a time. avery you first. and then richard. your audio cancels each other out. go ahead. the bottom line is, under his employment contract, if he
involving a form r lsm asm police officer, a $100,000 reward for his arrest and conviction is being withdrawn. in february crist fehr dorn cr dorner was wanted for killing pour people. he was on the run tr ten days. on february 12th, he was found holed up in a cabin. the cabin caught fire and dorner killed himself as officers closed in on him. two claims have been made an the reward. because dorner was dead before capture, the city said the criteria for getting the money was not met. let s bring in avery freeman, a law professor joining us from cleveland. good to see you. and joey jackson in for richard herman. joey, a criminal defense attorney in new york and joining us from new york. good to see you as well. gentlemen, avery you first, the city of riverside argues the reward was for leading to the
you didn t have to. i m looking at a guys. i m going to let you talk. richard is the commoner. it is his fault. yes, i am. and we don t even have legal cases that need any laughing about. so i have to pull it together here. that is right. very serious. and the wedding was beautiful but we move on. good to see you guys again. avery and richard. [ laughter ] let s talk about the u.s. supreme court ruling. come on get serious. on texting. folks get their cell phones and blackberries from their employers but the u.s. supreme court says you cannot. this is not an issue of privacy anymore. avery you first. it didn t. what the supreme court did, i was looking for the answer for that question that they would t wouldn t.