The right 'fluff'
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Two cases pending before the Supreme Court in Spring 1999 may bring"ride-alongs" by the press during police operation to an end. The courts and the citizens alike apparently consider the right to privacy of individuals being searched or arrested more important that the right of the public to learn about how law enforcement operations are conducted. Although many people consider media ride-alongs distasteful, the public interest is served by observing the police in the process of serving warrants and detaining individuals.
Publication Name: News Media & the Law
Subject: Literature/writing
ISSN: 0149-0737
Year: 1999
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Privacy argument insufficient to defeat 'Megan's Law' requirements
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The community notification requirements of New Jersey's "Megan's Law," which requires compulsive sex offenders to register with local police, did not violate the offenders' familial privacy rights, the 3d Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in Paul P. v. Verniero. The court said the law imposes no restriction on the right to live and work in the community, and the impact of such publicity on the family would stem from the commission of the crime and not from the law itself.
Publication Name: News Media & the Law
Subject: Literature/writing
ISSN: 0149-0737
Year: 1999
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