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- From: NEWSDAY1@delphi.com
- Subject: Re: Phreaks indicted
- Message-ID: <01GMWSRMC6TC8WWANR@delphi.com>
- Originator: daemon@eff.org
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- Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1992 15:41:00 GMT
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- mnemonic@eff.org writes:
- >I have no trouble with the publication of the names of the accused. I
- >have a lot of trouble with the publication of their addresses. I realize
- >this may be standard policy for NEWSDAY, but not all newspapers follow
- >such a policy.
-
- >After the indictments were publicized, media representatives camped out
- >on the doorsteps of the defendants in order to get statements from them,
- >even though such statements, including exculpatory ones, could be used
- >at trial. Is there any doubt that publication of these defendants
- >addresses made this easier?
-
- Your concerns are legitimate, of course. It's no picnic when one is
- accused of a crime, especially one that is newsworthy.
-
- Certainly it's possible that some of the media camped outside the
- door got the address from a print publication, but any reporter
- (or reader, for that matter) worth his or her salt could easily
- have obtained the defendant's address from law enforcement. If anything,
- publication of the address may have saved some reporters a phone call.
-
- Evan Rudowski
-