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Rehabilitated California Ex-Cons Have No Privacy Protection From Media Productions Based Upon Public
Loaded on Sept. 15, 2005
published in Prison Legal News
September, 2005, page 40
Rehabilitated California Ex-Cons Have No Privacy Protection From Media Productions Based Upon Public Court Records
Filed under:
Prisoner Privileges,
Rehabilitation/Recidivism,
Disclosure of Records.
Location:
California.
by John E. Dannenberg
The California State Supreme Court, reversing its 33 year old precedent, held that privacy rights of a former prisoner were trumped by the First and Fourteenth Amendment rights of television producers …
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