Legal Question in Criminal Law in Michigan

CriminalPrivacy

I have written a book that contains information about a federal bank robbery that occured 32 years ago. My brother who was 19 at the time was convicted along with two others who commited the crime with him. Their ages were 19 and 22. In addition two others who worked at the bank were also in on the crime ages 20 and 24. The two who worked at the bank convicted and recieved probation sentense of on year. My brother was conviced and served two years. The other to were also convicted recieved an unspecified number of years. These people are still alive. I changed their names in the book but I do reference the crime. The location of the bank, and the city. The question is, what privacy rights does a convicted felon have if he/she have gone on and have been model citizens. In one part of the chapter in which I refer to the crime, I quote what the newspaper wrote about the robbery (with name changes).

I do not wish to cause any problems for them now, but I have to reference the crime in order to tell the story.... I do not wish to get into any legal dilimma by bringing up the past of these individuals.


Asked on 8/25/02, 6:49 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Nancy Moore Nancy L. Moore, Esq.

Re: CriminalPrivacy

Since legal proceedings are open to the public, the information you gathered from those hearings is not confidential. Also, truth is a defense to libel or slander.

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Answered on 8/27/02, 2:04 pm


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