FOIA Action Regarding Prison Murder Photos
In Prison Legal News v. Exec. Offc. for US Attys., No. 09-1511, a Freedom of Information Act action, the court dismissed in part plaintiff’s appeal from the district court’s order exempting from mandatory disclosure a video depicting the aftermath of a brutal prison murder and autopsy photographs of the victim, with respect to the portion of the appeal pertaining to records that had been released by Executive Office for United States Attorneys. However, the court affirmed in part where the disclosure of the death-scene images in this case could reasonably be expected to constitute an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy of the victim’s family.
Related Resources
- Read the Tenth Circuit’s Decision in Prison Legal News v. Exec. Offc. for US Attys., No. 09-1511
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