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<blockquote data-quote="Billybob" data-source="post: 2127099" data-attributes="member: 1294"><p>Nothing we need to know here...</p><p></p><p>[There is no doubt who is responsible for the Newtown school massacre. The shooter is dead and the prosecutor handling the case has said he does not expect any charges.</p><p></p><p>Yet authorities are continuing to keep search warrants and police records secret. Media outlets have pressed for the release of more records, which could shed light on a crime that has revived the national debate over gun control and could change the way guns are regulated.</p><p></p><p>News media advocates say the records should be unsealed, arguing the public has a right to see such records, which include what was found in the house and car. They say records may be sealed only when an investigation would be hurt by disclosure.</p><p></p><p>"There seems to be absolutely no reason that they would need to. It's not going to jeopardize the case in any way," said Linda Petersen, chairwoman of the Freedom of Information Committee of the Society of Professional Journalists....]</p><p></p><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/conn-massacre-records-secret-media-seek-access-194010901.html" target="_blank">http://news.yahoo.com/conn-massacre-records-secret-media-seek-access-194010901.html</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Billybob, post: 2127099, member: 1294"] Nothing we need to know here... [There is no doubt who is responsible for the Newtown school massacre. The shooter is dead and the prosecutor handling the case has said he does not expect any charges. Yet authorities are continuing to keep search warrants and police records secret. Media outlets have pressed for the release of more records, which could shed light on a crime that has revived the national debate over gun control and could change the way guns are regulated. News media advocates say the records should be unsealed, arguing the public has a right to see such records, which include what was found in the house and car. They say records may be sealed only when an investigation would be hurt by disclosure. "There seems to be absolutely no reason that they would need to. It's not going to jeopardize the case in any way," said Linda Petersen, chairwoman of the Freedom of Information Committee of the Society of Professional Journalists....] [url]http://news.yahoo.com/conn-massacre-records-secret-media-seek-access-194010901.html[/url] [/QUOTE]
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