DA demands sanctions against Baran's attorneys

Barnard Baran, convicted of child abuse during the "day care panic" of the 1980s, was released from prison after being granted a new trial in the summer of 2006. Prosecutors in Massachusets are planning to retry him and now the District Attorney wants the court (pdf) to sanction his attorneys for speaking publicly about the case. According to Bob Chatelle, one of Baran's supporters, a gag order in the case was requested by the prosecution, but never issued.