Posted on 02/26/2015 1:45:03 PM PST by Jan_Sobieski
The office headed by the woman poised to become the next attorney general has used an unusual method to keep many of its prosecutions hidden from the public, an NBC News investigation has found. Federal prosecutors in New York's Brooklyn-based Eastern District pursued cases against secret, unnamed "John Doe" defendants 58 times since Loretta Lynch became head prosecutor in May 2010. Two of the 58 are terrorism cases.
Eastern District prosecutors have also sought permission to close the courtroom to the public for 11 different Doe cases during the same period, and judges have granted permission in at least 10 of the cases, as recently as February 12. Critics are concerned the practice may infringe the Constitution's guarantee of a public trial.
"While pseudonyms may be appropriate in exceptional cases, the courts should always opt for more transparent methods of protecting sensitive information when available," said Lee Rowland, staff attorney of the ACLU Speech, Privacy & Technology Project. "The disproportionate number of John Doe cases in the Eastern District is certainly a cause for concern; complete secrecy about the parties in a case should never be a default option."
On November 8, 2014, President Obama nominated Lynch to succeed Eric Holder as Attorney General. The Senate Judiciary Committee questioned Lynch during confirmation hearings in January, and the committee's vote on her confirmation is scheduled for Thursday. Lynch is in her second stint as head prosecutor in Brooklyn, also serving as the Eastern District's U.S. Attorney from 1999 to 2001...
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The transformation continues...
If blackmail is your purpose, then John Doe prosecutions are perfect.
Is this what they have done to the entire GOP?
Kafka was a prophet.
Is the same “secret” process the commies used to prosecute Scott Walker in Wisconsin? Ultimately failed.
So the 0bama stazi just makes people "disappear". How long until the PEOPLE begin to make his 0bamabots "disappear"?
Nothing new!
The FCC just past 300 pages of secret rules.
Soon if you ever committed the thought crime of a conservative, you will be on double secret probation; or worse!
Whisked away in the night...guilty until proven innocent ;-(
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