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Two Germans sue Wikipedia for violation of privacy

donal brown November 16, 2009

In a case pitting German privacy law against the U.S. First Amendment, two Germans convicted of murdering an actor in 1990 are suing Wikipedia for posting their names online, an act that they claim violates their privacy now that they have served their time and are out of prison. -DB The New York Times November 12, 2009 By John Schwartz Wolfgang Werlé and Manfred Lauber became infamous for killing a German actor in 1990. Now they

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First Amendment advocate criticizes prosecutor’s subpoena of personal records in Innocence Project

donal brown November 16, 2009

Gene Policinski of the First Amendment Center says Chicago’s Cook County investigation of Medill ‘Innocence Project’ could chill students’ reporting, and time spent on the investigation would be better spent investigating the evidence presented by the students that a man was wrongly convicted of murder. -DB First Amendment Center Commentary November 15, 2009 By Gene Policinski A scene in the 1987 movie “The Untouchables” shows Sean Connery as a Chicago beat cop instructing federal agent Kevin

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Cook County prosecutors claim Innocence Project journalism students paid witness to make a case

donal brown November 12, 2009

Prosecutors looking into the conduct of student journalists investigating a murder conviction for Northwestern University’s Innocence Project say they  subpoenaed students’ grades, e-mail messages and records because they believed students paid a witness to achieve a result supporting innocence. -DB The New York Times November 10, 2009 By Emma Graves Fitzsimmons CHICAGO — Prosecutors on Tuesday accused former journalism students at Northwestern University of paying a witness to record a video statement to help them

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Press association says free speech under attack by populist regimes in Latin America

donal brown November 9, 2009

Populist leaders in Latin America have been looking the other way while their supporters have attacked newsrooms, broadcasting stations and printing plants, one of the many tactics used to silence critics in the media. Eight Mexican journalists have been killed over the last six months. -DB WW4 Report November 8, 2009 Populist leaders in Latin America increasingly use legal and political means to silence critics in the media, Enrique Santos Calderón, president of the Inter

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Newspaper claims constitutional protection in withholding jailhouse interview notes from county attorney

donal brown November 5, 2009

A Kansas county prosecutor has issued a subpoena to the Dodge City Daily Globe and reporter Claire O’Brien to obtain her notes, testimony and the identity of an anonymous source concerning a Labor Day shooting that left one man dead. The prosecutor says he is trying to obtain the information from other sources so O’Brien and the newspaper does not have to become, in the newspapers’  words, “an investigative agent for the government.” -DB Dodge City

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