Accused Killer Asks For Online Media Users' IDs

Posted by timothy on Sunday September 6, 2009 @10:16AM from the who's-poisoned-which-well dept.

SpaceGhost writes "According to the Houston Chronicle, the attorney for a Texas man charged in the death of a four-year-old 'has asked several local media outlets to provide the names of readers and listeners who commented about his client online,' stating that his client 'was struck by the conclusions people drew about his client and the specificity of some comments that made it appear they came from people with personal knowledge of the case.' Media outlets who have been subpoenaed include The Houston Chronicle, the Conroe Courier, KHOU (Houston area Channel 11, CBS affiliate) and KTRK (Houston area Channel 13, ABC affiliate)."

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Not like we didn't know this was coming... by Lord+Kano · 2009-09-06 10:18 · Score: 5, Informative

That stupid skank whore in New York got a court to force Google to give up the ID of someone who hurt her feelings and now everyone will use that precedent to do the same.
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Re:Most of the comments on local news sties.... by joocemann · 2009-09-06 13:41 · Score: 5, Informative

Actually, in Texas, we call that due process.
Slashdot mods you 'Funny'.
Texans mod you "Informative"