Judge: Baughman E-mails Should Be Open to Public
Item: Baughman e-mails ruled open to public: But messages won't be released for awhile/James Hagengruber, Spokesman-Review
More Info: E-mail messages between a top Kootenai County lawyer and the women he is accused of harassing should not be kept secret, according to Idaho 2nd District Judge John R. Stegner. But the hundreds of messages involving former Chief Deputy Prosecutor Rick Baughman will not be made public anytime soon. After a two-hour court hearing Wednesday in Coeur d'Alene, Stegner said he would wait to issue a formal ruling until the Idaho Supreme Court acts on a similar case. The ruling from the state Supreme Court is not expected until summer.
Question: Now that Baughman has been fired, does it still matter what's in the e-mails?
