Rabia & Stop-Saying-right FOIA/MPIA

Geez. Where to start.

A) people in general are incredibly ignorant about this sort of thing. Who really needs to know how to acquire a transcript of a court proceeding other than those who work in that arena? I've seen so many comments suggesting that an FOIA/(state equivalent) is used to obtain a transcript (even from people who are allegedly legal professionals) that it just makes my head spin. If you doubt SSR or me, just contact your friendly district court clerk's office and inquire as to how you might obtain a transcript. I think it might be more difficult to obtain ancient transcripts (c.1999) than contemporary ones (c. 2012) because of changes in technology. SSR was smart by limiting the scope of his/her request to more recent proceedings. I wish I'd thought of taking a similar tack.

B) because they didn't think to do the same thing sooner?

C) no clue why it's perceived as "bad for Adnan." I lean "not factually guilty" and am firm on not proven beyond reasonable doubt. I think transparency is what we might all want. If the Serial bloggers truly believe in Adnan Syed's factual innocence, how could anything in the public record be bad for him? Even if something looks bad! why not just put it out on the table for the peoples to examine and comment on? Withholding anything leads me to believe Mr. Syed's advocates want to hide something because they are afraid of what the people might conclude. The full record cannot be good or bad for Adnan Syed. It just is.

D) I cannot speak for Rabia Chaudry. I know that I printed a copy of Jennifer Pusateri's recorded interview with the police 4 months ago (because it fascinates me) and I noticed that I am missing 4 pages when I last looked at it. Shit happens. The documents Ms Chaudry has have been around for years. Losing a page or 2 isn't unusual and it's absurd to assume that missing pages from an old document is nefarious.

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