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Seems I get mad at myself for investing too much time and emotion into this perversion of a trial. Then, when I discover I'm out of the loop, I'm mad at myself yet again for not paying more attention. Oh...my poor self these days. :gaah:
Just as I thought...the judge does not want to release the transcripts even after being ordered she must do so by two higher courts. The SC will hear the issues regarding the closed courtroom/constitutional stuff but in the meantime they have ordered release the the transcripts that were previously ordered released by the appellate court. Sherry will release because she can only get away with this nonsense for so long--but she will do so reluctantly and I admit to being bothered by thoughts of her attempting to come up with reasons to stall on the release.
The transcripts will be released. It's only a question of when. I am concerned about there being a $400 fee assessed to their release. I understand courts often do charge for documents to defray the cost of phtocopies and/or copying to discs. However, this is a case of documents that never should have been placed under a cloak of secrecy. The information requested is information that should have been freely available in real time--instead it was hidden until higher powers intervened and now will be released only if the requesting parties (media, acting on behalf of the public's right to know) can pony up some cash. That feels wrong to me; it feels like an attempt to dissuade peeps from requesting their copy. Expenses accrued due to wrongful rulings are now being charged back to those who stood up for their rights under the Constitution and won. I hate this type of strong-arming. I hate it a lot.
Anyone who scoffs at the constitutional rights of citizens and then ignores rulings of higher courts that uphold those rights should not remain in a position to judge anyone or anything. Sorry folks, I do not mean to offend, but I cannot in good conscience pretend to respect Judge Stephens; I will not curtsy before her simply because she is a judge.