Courts Move to Protect Informants From Web Site

In response to a controversial Web site that exposes the identities of criminal defendants who have agreed to cooperate with authorities, the federal judges on the Eastern District of Pennsylvania bench have adopted a plan designed to make it impossible for any visitor to the court's Web site to discern whether a defendant is cooperating. The new protocol, adopted last month, is a direct response to the Who's a Rat Web site (www.whosarat.com), and will result in a modification of the docketing of all sentencing and plea documents in all criminal cases.

13 minute read July 30, 2007 at 09:54 AM
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Shannon P. Duffy
Courts Move to Protect Informants From Web Site

In response to a controversial Web site that exposes the identities of criminal defendants who have agreed to cooperate with authorities, the federal judges on the Eastern District of Pennsylvania bench have adopted a plan designed to make it impossible for any visitor to the court's Web site to discern whether a defendant is cooperating.

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