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20 Jun, 2023

Release the Covenant crime records: An aware public can help stop additional attacks
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Release the Covenant crime records: An aware public can help stop additional attacks

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Release the Covenant crime records: An aware public can help stop additional attacks

By Deborah Fisher|2023-06-21T09:22:43-05:00June 20, 2023|Categories: crime records, public records lawsuits Tennessee|Tags: Covenant parents, crime victims, The Covenant School shooting, victim rights|0 Comments

The mass shooting at the Covenant School in Nashville has led to an extraordinary legal battle over the public records law and transparency of our criminal justice system. The school, the church that owns the school and the parents of the schoolchildren are seeking to stop the public from seeing evidence collected by police in one of the most horrific crimes in Nashville in recent memory, saying that it would be too painful and inspire more school shootings.

25 May, 2023

Chancellor says victim rights warrant consideration in access to police records
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Chancellor says victim rights warrant consideration in access to police records

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Chancellor says victim rights warrant consideration in access to police records

By Deborah Fisher|2023-05-25T10:18:56-05:00May 25, 2023|Categories: crime records, public records lawsuits Tennessee|Tags: Chancellor I'Ashea Myles, Covenant parents, crime victims, Marsy's Law, The Covenant School shooting, victim rights|0 Comments

A judge said victim rights in the Tennessee constitution and in statute warranted review as to whether they would block access to the writings of a mass shooter and other records collected by police in their investigation. She granted permission to parents of Covenant School children to intervene in a lawsuit to pursue the claim.

24 May, 2023

Judge allows Covenant school, church to intervene in public records case
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Judge allows Covenant school, church to intervene in public records case

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Judge allows Covenant school, church to intervene in public records case

By Deborah Fisher|2023-05-24T18:32:19-05:00May 24, 2023|Categories: public records lawsuits Tennessee|Tags: Chancellor I'Ashea Myles, Covenant Presbyterian Church, The Covenant School|0 Comments

A Davidson County chancellor presiding over a public records case related to the shooting at The Covenant School has granted motions for the school and the Covenant Presbyterian Church to intervene to argue why "private documents" created by the school and church and given to police during the investigation should be kept confidential.

18 May, 2023

Sen. Gardenhire, Tennessean file public records lawsuits; Covenant parents seek to intervene
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Sen. Gardenhire, Tennessean file public records lawsuits; Covenant parents seek to intervene

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Sen. Gardenhire, Tennessean file public records lawsuits; Covenant parents seek to intervene

By Deborah Fisher|2023-05-19T11:39:51-05:00May 18, 2023|Categories: crime records, investigative exemption, public records lawsuits Tennessee|Tags: Audrey Hale, Brent Gibson, Covenant parents, Covenant Presbyterian Church, crime records, crime victims, Eric G. Osborne, Holland & Knight, manifesto, Mike Hagar, Robb Harvey, Sherrard Roe Voigt & Harbison, The Covenant School shooting, The Tennessean, Todd Gardenhire|0 Comments

The fight over the release of the Covenant School shooter's manifesto and other writings escalated Wednesday with state Sen. Todd Gardenhire, R-Chattanooga, and The Tennessean filing a public records lawsuit against Metro Nashville, and unnamed Covenant School parents filing motions to intervene in the current cases. Also, Assistant Police Chief Mike Hagar and police Lt. Brent Gibson filed declarations that police are still trying to determine if the shooter had any assistance planning the shooting or purchasing the weapons, with Gibson stating that it will take about 12 months to finish the investigation.

10 May, 2023

Tennessee Star editor Leahy sues FBI for withholding Covenant shooter manifesto
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Tennessee Star editor Leahy sues FBI for withholding Covenant shooter manifesto

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Tennessee Star editor Leahy sues FBI for withholding Covenant shooter manifesto

By Deborah Fisher|2023-05-10T11:45:36-05:00May 10, 2023|Categories: crime records, public records lawsuits Tennessee|Tags: Audrey Hale, crime records, FBI, Freedom of Information Act, manifesto, Michael Patrick Leahy, Star News Digital Media, Tennessee Star Report, The Covenant School shooting, Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty|0 Comments

Tennessee Star editor Michael Patrick Leahy and his company, Star News Digital Media, Inc., filed a lawsuit Tuesday against the FBI for withholding the Covenant School shooter's manifesto under the Freedom of Information Act. The FBI denied access to the manifesto, which it received from Nashville police, saying that it and other writings by the shooter were involved in a "pending or prospective law enforcement proceeding" and that release could interfere with a law enforcement proceeding.