new shooting: Newtown, Conn. details breaking

[PatColo]

Newtown seeks to deny newspapers access to death certificates


http://digitaljournal.com/article/343981


Makes you wonder if there really are any death certificates.



Hatha

[...] Death certificates are part of vital public records, which also include birth and marriage certificates. They are public domain documents used, ultimately, to determine official recognition of presence or past presence in civil society. They also serve as a mechanism for upholding the integrity of information in which there is a public interest, as it relates to voting, citizenship, and receiving public benefits. Abuses of voting processes involving voters who, unbeknownst to the public, are actually dead, are legendary. [...]