ajc, channel 2 appeal gag order in tara grinstead case
the atlanta journal-constitution and channel 2 action news are challenging a sweeping gag order issued by a south georgia judge in the case of irwin county teacher tara grinstead’s disappearance and murder.
Issued this week by superior court judge melanie cross, of the tifton judicial circuit, the order prohibits police, potential witnesses, court personnel and family members of both grinstead and her alleged killer from making statements about the case.
In a legal petition filed friday, lawyers for the ajc and channel 2 said the order was entered without notice or a hearing and “sweeps far too broadly to comply with first amendment rights.”
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