If Debra Price sued a newspaper for invasion of privacy after it reported that in 1971 she was arrested for planting a bomb under a police car during a protest demonstration, most courts would rule

A. that it is permissible to relate stories about a person's past public life.
B. that publishing a story about her arrest was an invasion of privacy because the newspaper did not report whether she had been convicted of the charge.
C. that the statute of limitations for the lawsuit had expired.
D. that the publication of such information today no longer has any public interest and is an invasion of her privacy.


Answer: A

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