Facing South Florida: New Witness Protection Law

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On July 1, a new law went into effect in Florida exempting the names of witnesses to murders from public records for two years.

This is an effort to keep witnesses safe and make it easier to prosecute killers.

Is the law a good idea? Will it work? What else should be done?

We talk to the woman who created the law and pushed to have it passed

GUEST: Tangela Sears, founder of Parents of Murdered Kids