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submitted 1 year ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/news@lemmy.world

A fringe website featured the purported names and addresses of the Fulton County grand jury that indicted Trump and 18 others for their efforts to overturn the 2020 election.

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[-] athos77@kbin.social 178 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I looked at the indictment last night and noticed it included the names of the grand jurors. I dropped my head into my hands, knowing this was inevitable. I don't understand why the names weren't reacted.

[-] 4am@lemm.ee 115 points 1 year ago

Georgia law is that grand jurors names are public.

Yeah, pretty naive. Or evil. Maybe both?

[-] athos77@kbin.social 17 points 1 year ago

I didn't know that. I wish they had a process for applying to redact, for cases like this :(

[-] Infynis@midwest.social 40 points 1 year ago

There's all kinds of laws like this that are super old, and really harmful in modern life. Like name changes having to be published in the paper, and home ownership being public information. Sorry trans people, if you want to legally change your name, you have to be out to everyone! And don't even think about buying a house if there's someone you don't want knowing where you live, like an abusive family member or ex!

They're left over from times when information was harder to come by, and they absolutely need to be changed, but our governments are bad at legislating for modern problems

[-] afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world 27 points 1 year ago

And don’t even think about buying a house

Well that is a problem that is fading away.

[-] pinkdrunkenelephants@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 year ago

🤔 Is it possible for an abuse victim to buy a house through an LLC to avoid that problem? How does that work for real estate businesses?

[-] Infynis@midwest.social 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It is actually! I have a friend who's dad is extremely libertarian (despite having been a marine?), And he bought his house under an LLC for pricacy's sake. I'm sure it would work for less crazy reasons as well

[-] afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Interesting. I wonder if you could buy a home zoned for single family, sell it to a LLC that you run, then rent it out to two families (if one is your own) since it is now commercial rental.

[-] Infynis@midwest.social 2 points 1 year ago

From what I've read, living in a house you buy yourself makes it lose most of the protection of an LLC, because you have "pierced the corporate veil". All it really ends up doing is protecting your identity

[-] pinkdrunkenelephants@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 year ago

There needs to be a nonprofit that helps victims set up such things so they can hide from their abusers.

[-] Katana314@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Unfortunately, while you're citing lots of very valid cases of innocent people being victimized, I also think that the trail of information that follows people is very important for systems of justice.

Imagine criminals getting away with white collar crime, having changed their name to make it more difficult for people to publicly scrutinize them.

I can't quite imagine what protections might make sense to keep trans people safe, and it's hard for me to think about which group should be prioritized. Of course, ideally, we'd live in a world where anyone retaliating to someone's gender transition would be headed for a hard time themselves.

[-] TransplantedSconie@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago

No way. How stupid can you be lol

[-] kool_newt@lemm.ee 12 points 1 year ago

As I understand this is the law of the state, it would've been illegal to not make the names public. The reasoning is based on transparency -- secret jurors would make for less trust.

[-] TransplantedSconie@lemm.ee 11 points 1 year ago

Well, I hope the state is prepared to spend a shitton of money on protecting these people. Trump supporters aren't the most stable of people.

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