Crystal Lake newspaper critical of practice of the McHenry County Court.
Search warrants obtained by law enforcement agencies in Illinois are a matter of public record after they’ve been executed and returned to the courts, with few exceptions.
By sealing so many search warrants for no valid reason, there’s no way the public can know whether its judicial system is acting properly in obtaining them.
And the few returned search warrants that have been unsealed locally also are hard to find. McHenry County Circuit Clerk Kathy Keefe said her office is in the process of fixing that. We’ll be checking back with the clerk as well.
Click the following for the complete opinion statement and comments from readers: Northwest Herald | Warrants are public record
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