I opened the Albuquerque Journal this morning and right there on the front page was an article that shows just how removing public records from public view enables the bad guys.
A school teacher and her university professor boyfriend were murdered in cold blood by a guy she once dated. A serial stalker with numerous restraining orders against him. Only problems is the restraining orders weren't there for the public to find because the New Mexico State Judiciary pulled all restraining order cases off of the website. The stated reason was to comply with federal law to shield victims. But that is total BS! The real reason was shear laziness since federal law only prohibits the dissemination of victims info not abuser info. Easier just to hit the delete button than to do your job!
Back when I learned about it, I contacted the Albuquerque Journal who did a huge story. I was quoted as saying that people will die because of this and made it very clear that the removal of all DV case information from the public protects the abuser more than the victims. The state's answer was too bad. It's too much work. Even the state's lead DV person was glib about it. Well I hope they now realize that the they are complicit in these deaths.
Enough of letting people hide from public accountability for their actions by keeping public records from the public!
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