The Maryland Court of Appeals has decided that most identifying information about victims and witnesses, including their names, will not be made available online in certain court cases. The rule adopted by the court Monday represents a compromise of sorts. It addresses the concerns of victim advocates and prosecutors who feared that easy access to personal information on the Internet would make victims and witnesses vulnerable to intimidation and embarrassment.
April 12, 2006 at 12:00 AM
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The Maryland Court of Appeals has decided that most identifying information about victims and witnesses, including their names, will not be made available online in certain court cases.
The rule adopted by the court Monday represents a compromise of sorts. It addresses the concerns of victim advocates and prosecutors who feared that easy access to personal information on the Internet would make victims and witnesses vulnerable to intimidation and embarrassment.
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