Debate has sparked in the legal community about whether California prosecutors were justified in setting up a Web site on the Michael Jackson case to alleviate a media frenzy.
Of course I am an advocate of making legal documents easily available to the media and the public. It makes a reporter's job much easier. But the advantages go beyond that.
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