Tweeting Justice

The New Hampshire Court System is on Twitter.

Critics deride Twitter as a way for trivial people to tell each other what they're having for breakfast. But it's an extremely efficient way to distribute and filter information.

Through Twitter, we can now gain rapid access to Court decisions and announcements without waiting for the New Hampshire press corps to publish them, or even having to check the Court System's website ourselves.

Hattip: AP via Concord Monitor

Sunshine Week looks at NH Court System

The Nashua Telegraph continues its Sunshine Week with a look at New Hampshire's Court System:

The state’s Supreme Court posts its rulings and hearings schedule online, and there is a wealth of system wide information on the state courts’ Web site.

The courts are years away from offering online access to lower court case records and officials already have decided to keep most of those documents off the Internet due to privacy concerns. Online case records will show the persons involved and the status of each case, such as hearing dates or notes on the final disposition, but not actual case documents.

Check out the Telegraph's complete Sunshine Week Coverage.