tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24847601.post1681412023084106294..comments2024-01-11T04:26:33.475-05:00Comments on Drifting Through The Grift: Just Missing The Markgriftdrifthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04509712527908530572noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24847601.post-45509861568920575402008-02-08T14:30:00.000-05:002008-02-08T14:30:00.000-05:00Not a complete one.If you look at the record keepi...Not a complete one.<BR/><BR/>If you look at the record keeping statutes which govern most state agencies first of all don't operate any heavy machinery in the near future. But what you will discover is most are intensive right down to the minutae. Mostly I suppose because they deal with money.<BR/><BR/>Not so for freedom of information requests. That's a loophole that needs to be closed.griftdrifthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04509712527908530572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24847601.post-81572208160149209292008-02-08T14:24:00.000-05:002008-02-08T14:24:00.000-05:00Didn't Andre get a list?Didn't Andre get a list?Sarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18339673763054572203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24847601.post-12302815454769238052008-02-08T14:23:00.000-05:002008-02-08T14:23:00.000-05:00I could see a civil penalty provision. That would ...I could see a civil penalty provision. That would certainly be a deterrent.<BR/><BR/>But I think completely transparent record keeping of records request would eliminate most of the scofflaws.<BR/><BR/>One of the problems in the Wilson case was when asked who had got the tape McDade responded he didn't know. He didn't keep any records. A detailed list of who got the thing would have prevented a lot of this.griftdrifthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04509712527908530572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24847601.post-22738657086696557122008-02-08T14:11:00.000-05:002008-02-08T14:11:00.000-05:00That's a great idea and I'm glad someone has taken...That's a great idea and I'm glad someone has taken up the mantle.<BR/><BR/>I'd add one thing...a private right of action for any individual depicted in graphic evidence of a sexual assault against any public official or public employee who violates the law and distributes the evidence to individuals who do not qualify to have it under the statute.<BR/><BR/>I think if someone has the evidence of their sexual assault passed around at private parties by an unscrupulous public employee, they deserve compensation for that act. And the threat of a financial penalty in the form of a civil judgment will give small towns and counties a strong incentive to make sure they know everyone's following the rules.<BR/><BR/>Right now I'm a little uncomfortable with the notion that the DA would be the one to police his own office because he'd have the power to decide whether to prosecute someone in the DA's office for violating the law. A private right of action by the alleged victim depicted in the evidence would create an alternative enforcement mechanism and a much stronger incentive to be vigilant with evidence than presently exists in this legislation.Sarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18339673763054572203noreply@blogger.com