Judge McAfee orders unsealing of criminal case dockets for Ken #Chesebro & #SidneyPowell.
During Powell & Chesebro's plea hearings, McAfee ordered that their cases be sealed. He now reverses that decision after weighing the strong public interest in a publicly available docket. #Georgia#TrumpIndictment#legal
@Runslowrunlong@GottaLaff
Sounds like GA has a statute that allows first time offenders to seal the records of their criminal proceedings, if they can show their privacy interests outweigh the public’s interest in the documents.
Here, the judge noted both parties agreed to seal the documents, but neither adequately addressed the public’s interest in the records.
Probably he realized the newspapers would object, and would probably prevail in getting the records unsealed. He probably gave too much importance to the fact that the parties agreed, and not enough to the public’s interest in his initial ruling.
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