Judge lifts order sealing Tucson shooting records
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PHOENIX (AP) — A judge has lifted his order that prevented the release of investigation records in the Tucson shooting rampage that killed six people and wounded former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords two years ago.
The order signed Monday by U.S. District Judge Larry Burns and released Tuesday grants a motion by the Arizona Daily Star, a Tucson newspaper.
Burns sealed the records to ensure Jared Loughner’s right to a fair trial. But Burns said Loughner’s guilty plea ends the need to keep the records sealed.
It’s now up to the Pima County Sheriff’s Office to respond to media requests for records.
Prosecutors didn’t object to releasing the information.
But Judy Clarke, a California-based attorney for Loughner, urged Burns to recognize “privacy interests of the witnesses and victims, including the defendant’s family.”
In court filings last week, she added that “records of this nature are not typically publicly available in a federal criminal action” and “a driving concern for federal oversight in such cases is the need to protect defendants prosecuted for such sensational crimes from harm or potential public backlash.”
Loughner, 24, pleaded guilty to 19 federal charges and was transported back to a federal prison medical facility in Springfield, Mo., where he has been treated for schizophrenia.
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