Anonymity No More

Comments from a Cleveland Judge’s email account have sparked some controversy.

Someone using a personal e-mail account of Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Judge Shirley Strickland Saffold has written anonymous, opinionated online comments relating to some of the judge’s high-profile cases, including that of accused serial killer Anthony Sowell.

The judge’s 23-year-old daughter, Sydney Saffold, said Thursday that she posted the comments as “lawmiss” on cleveland.com., a Web site affiliated with The Plain Dealer. But in a conference call with her lawyer and a reporter, the onetime law school student could not recall the number of comments she posted. The newspaper found more than 80 comments posted by lawmiss.

(ht: Silence)

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