secret prosecutions

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They're not only for alleged terrorism (Mohamed Kamel Bellahouel's case).

Reporters¹ Committee for Freedom of the Press amicus brief (PDF file):

In recent months, it has become evident that the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida maintains a dual, separate docket of public and non-public cases. [...]
In Ochoa's case, the existence of secret proceedings emerges from clues in the publicly available information and from documents that were later unsealed after being kept secret for months or years.
[...]
Ochoa’s own case has been litigated largely in secret, despite his objections.
[...]
As Ochoa's brief describes, many of these docket entries were sealed in violation of accepted First Amendment standards and Local Rule 5.4 of the Rules of the Southern District. According to Ochoa, no temporal limitations were placed on the sealings, no public explanation for secrecy was given, and no less restrictive alternatives, such as redaction, were explored.

¹ who suppressed their apostrophe?

Comments

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It is good to hear when you have an easier day.

I know what you mean. The prefungal cortex, I think they call it.

(Actually, I don't remember seeing you write anything in an LJ entry that I'd expect to need forgiveness from anyone. But a stockpile of coupons never hurts.)