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OPINION: Adam Lanza, Secrecy and Danbury Fair Mall; Woody Allen and O.J.
Published: Tuesday, March 05, 2013
By Andy Thibault
tntcomm82@cs.com
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Lanza Secrecy Blowback
Search warrants, affidavits, the inventory of evidence and other records about the Newtown mass killing of children Dec. 14 were sealed by court order last month without explanation. This is despite the death of the killer, Adam Lanza, which eliminates the fair trial argument. No arrests are expected.
Normally, the records would have been released by now. What, then – other than authorities keeping the documents secret because they can get away with it – might be the purpose of keeping the records sealed?
In criminal cases, it is fair to say there are few, if any coincidences.
Lanza was believed to be a regular visitor to the Danbury Fair Mall. Did he go there to shop, meet someone, window shop or look for targets? Did Lanza buy his violent video games at the mall? After the killings, Dick’s Sporting Goods at the mall removed all its guns. Dick’s also removed some semi-automatic rifles from other stores. Maybe that was all corporate sensitivity and had nothing to do materially with Newtown.
Speculation about these questions and others will continue until authorities release the records and do their duty to inform the public. The longer they sit on the records, the more faith and trust in the judiciary will diminish.
Read more: http://www.countytimes.com/articles...5136074047301122579514.txt?viewmode=fullstory
Want to highlight that this article is an OPINION piece (as darkman correctly labeled it): remember kids nothing, not one word of an opinion piece has to be factual. The wild speculation in that opinion piece makes me want the media to require background checks on writers of opinion pieces...