Is such a thing even possible?

Well, yes, if you're an attorney in Vietnam:

A court in Hanoi Friday sentenced two attorneys to jail for spreading propaganda against the state after the court determined they had used their law offices to slander the government.

Nguyen Van Dai and Le Thi Cong Nhan, both lawyers, were sentenced to five years and four years respectively by the Hanoi People's Court, just over two months after their arrest in the capital city March 6.

They were found guilty of making use of their profession to spread propaganda intended to libel the government.

Dai and Nhan were also convicted of making, storing and distributing materials with distorted information against the state.

Article 88 of the criminal code says that it is illegal to spread information sullying or libeling the state or spread fabrications that cause public confusion.

As well as receiving jail terms, they were also ordered to serve several years' house arrest after the completion of their sentences.

A court in Ho Chi Minh City convicted three other people on similar charges on Thursday.

Well, that depends. We can't discuss speculation about whether a city attorney might be pressured to leave office!

No seriously.

Via Glenn Reynolds, Little Miss Attila links a post that made me wonder whether Hanoi is a city in southern California. From the City Attorney's threat:

.....let me make it clear that the information that you are spewing is false and damaging to the parties involved and to the image of the City of Pomona....

Judging from her conclusion, Little Miss Attila does not seem to have been any more intimidated than the blogger the Pomona City Attorney threatened:

It just makes me want to "libel" someone.

It makes me want to (dare I say it?) slander the government!