Gibson County court clerk refuses to release public documents
The Jackson Sun tried yesterday to get a copy of indictments against 12 current and former employees of the Gibson County Sheriff's Office. But the Circuit Court Clerk refused to let the newspaper see them or get copies. She said she had not yet logged the indictment into the computer system. The indictments were the result of an investigation by the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation and the Comptroller's Office. Here is an excerpt from the story: Gibson County court clerk refuses to release public documents: (Janice) Jones refused to make the indictments available for viewing and refused to email, scan or let a reporter take a photo of the documents. [...]