Monday, September 19, 2011

Judge Ware will Release the Prop. 8 Case Tapes


U.S. District Judge James Ware will allow the Prop 8 case videotapes to be released:
Ware's order was stayed until Sept. 30, which gives Prop 8 supporters time to appeal.
His order comes on the same day that Dustin Lance Black is debuting his play "8," on Broadway, intended to bring to a wider audience what happened during the January, 2010 trial.

Ware wrote that he found "no compelling reasons" to continue sealing the tapes.

He wrote, "Foremost among the aspects of the federal judicial system that foster public confidence in the fairness and integrity of the process are public access to trials and public access to the record of
judicial proceedings. Consequently, once an item is placed in the record of judicial proceedings, there must be compelling reasons for keeping that item secret."
This is looking good for us.

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