DOJ Ordered to Post Defense Exhibits Online for Sen. Stevens Trial

In what could be a precedent-setting move, the district court judge in the prosecution of Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens has ordered the Justice Department to publish defense trial exhibits on a government Web site. The firm representing Stevens, Williams & Connolly, had argued that it doesn't have the same resources as the government for daily online publishing. In another defense victory, the judge ruled that the defense is entitled to medical records about a head injury suffered by the government's chief witness.