One of my pet peeves about newspaper websites is their myopic identity. If there are any newspaper publishers out there, listen up. I landed on the Aiken Standard page looking for the story of a judge who closed a public records divorce file. Excuse me, but I don't know where the town, county or psychic space of Aiken is located. Apparently you have to know where you are to know where you are. The weather section provided the answer: South Carolina.
In an unusual move, a county clerk refused a journalist's request to view the divorce record of a man who had recently killed himself and his children because it was "inappropriate to release that information at this time." The judge backed her up, reasoning that the closure avoids "the premature release of information to be used in prospective law enforcement action." What law enforcement? The guy killed himself.
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