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Letter Regarding News Media Requests to Interview Reality Winner
The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press sent a letter to the warden of the federal prison housing inmate…Categorized in Newsgathering -
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Judge strikes down Pennsylvania law restricting speech of prisoners
Following arguments from prisoners, prisoner rights groups, and members of the media, a judge yesterday struck down the Pennsylvania Revictimization…Categorized in Prior Restraint -
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Reporters Committee urges Virginia legislature to reject execution secrecy bill
The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press has sent a letter to the Virginia House of Delegates urging them…Categorized in Freedom of Information -
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Two Pennsylvania newspapers win fight for greater access to executions
Two Pennsylvania newspapers, The Philadelphia Inquirer and The Patriot News, won the fight to have greater access to prisoner executions,…Categorized in Court Access -
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Florida prison board reverses decision to ban newspaper over hunger strike coverage
The Florida Department of Corrections overturned a decision on Friday that forbid inmates from receiving a socialist newspaper that contained…Categorized in Prior Restraint -
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Pa. newspapers seek full access to execution
The Pennsylvania Department of Corrections’ protocol for executions violates the First Amendment-based right of public access to judicial proceedings, two…Categorized in Court Access -
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Federal court grants media organizations full access to Idaho execution
The media will be able to view the full execution of an Idaho death row inmate scheduled to be put…Categorized in Newsgathering -
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Media organizations request full access to Idaho execution in federal court
A federal appeals court heard oral arguments Thursday in The Associated Press and 16 other media organizations’ request for full…Categorized in Newsgathering -
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Reality show about drugs in jail may defame inmate's wife
A Nashville, Tenn., woman can pursue her defamation lawsuit stemming from a prison reality show that featured footage unknowingly taken…Categorized in Libel and Privacy -
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N.Y. county to pay civil liberty union's attorney's fees
A New York State Supreme Court justice awarded the New York Civil Liberties Union attorney’s fees last week after ruling…Categorized in Freedom of Information