My Summary:
On April 16, 2007, Seung-Hui Cho killed himself after taking several other lives. Cho was considered to be even a dangerous threat to himself, he had mental health problems. The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) is stopping investigators from obtaining deceased Cho's mental health records. They day once someone has died their records become even more protected, to keep from disrupting their reputation or impression he or she left the world with. Officials are working on a court order to release his records to hopefully get a step closer to some sort of closure on the deaths of Virginia Tech.
From “Daily News Record”
Wednesday, June 13, 2007
page A1 & A3
topic: terrorism
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This is one of my articles from my 2007 summer assignment for my AP Government class.
<3 Bridget "Jingles" <3
"Love is like a war. It's easy to start, hard to stop, and impossible to forget."
It is ridiculous to know his records are sealed, but still understandable. Maybe there should be some sort of amendment allowing investigators to see records of people with open criminal cases.
Brittni
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I agree w/ you 100% on that. Honestly, a person can't get any worse of a repuation than for slaughtering people at his own free will (that's just disturbing).
<3 Bridget "Jingles" <3
"Love is like a war. It's easy to start, hard to stop, and impossible to forget."
I think this situation is ridiculous when the person is alive, but I don't see what it could help out with since he is dead. We know that he did it, and we know how he did it. The only thing the file would accomplish is characterizing his personality. This could be done without releasing it to others.
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