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State approaches vary: a minority of states explicitly treat full autopsy reports as public records while many restrict release to next of kin or redact medical and investigative details . Examples in...
Access to police body‑worn camera (BWC) footage and related public records depends on local/state public‑records laws and individual police department policies; some jurisdictions let subjects view fo...
Claims that “Obama spied on journalists” mix documented aggressive leak prosecutions and targeted legal actions against sources with broader political allegations about spying on campaigns; the Obama ...
States vary: a minority explicitly treat full autopsy reports as public records (examples cited include Nevada, Maryland, Texas, and Louisiana), while many states restrict access—limiting disclosure t...
A journalist cannot rely on the First Amendment as a blanket shield for encouraging or participating in illegal activity; legal precedent and professional ethics draw lines between reporting wrongdoin...
Federal law does not set a single rule for releasing autopsy findings for public figures in the U.S.; instead, state statutes and public‑records practices govern whether and how autopsy reports and re...
States and agencies commonly withhold autopsy reports under two broad rationales: privacy protections for victims and families, and law‑enforcement investigatory exemptions tied to active probes or of...
The materials provided do not identify any specific individual victims whose “” interview reports were published in full; available sources describe what a 302 is and the legal pathways and limits for...
Historical incident reports from the 1980s–1990s in Alabama are most likely held by the original creating agency — local municipal police departments or county sheriff’s offices — with statewide crimi...
Publicly released body‑worn camera (BWC) footage and official statements are available in many recent officer‑involved incidents, and departments often release videos while internal or independent rev...
, attorney general from 2011 to 2019, cultivated a highly collaborative but politically visible relationship with the state legislature: she pushed and supported legislation on , prescription drug mon...
has a toolbox that ranges from injunctive and declaratory relief to , fines, and coercive remedies like appointing special masters or seeking enforcement through marshals or deputized officials, but t...
Federal courts have treated of journalists’ phones and devices as legally permissible in narrow circumstances but subject to heightened scrutiny and procedural safeguards, producing a patchwork of out...
has publicly and formally taken the position that citizens possess a to record law enforcement in public and has intervened in litigation to defend that principle, while also issuing a separate, forma...
and the most commonly rely on the law‑enforcement‑focused and its subparts to withhold undercover videotapes and recordings, and they supplement those claims with other FOIA exemptions — notably Exemp...
Survivors’ advocates push for a narrow, trauma-informed approach to redaction and disclosure in that prioritizes victim safety, confidentiality, and informed consent while permitting necessary transpa...
Civil liberties groups and newsroom organizations have assembled a record of confrontations, legal challenges, and policy critiques documenting interactions with journalists and legal observers during...
Journalists and investigators verify claims that protesters are being paid or organized by outside groups by seeking direct evidence—payment records, contracts, eyewitness testimony and documentary tr...
There is no way, based on the provided reporting, to list specific deaths from any outside “lists” and say which of those have official autopsy reports or prosecutor statements confirming causes becau...
When unverified survivor testimony surfaces that names public figures, professional newsrooms balance legal constraints, ethical duties to survivors, and verification standards before publishing, whil...