Post by Logan on Mar 26, 2016 4:01:30 GMT -6
Five news organizations, including the parent company of the Inquirer, the Daily News, and Philly.com, on Friday urged the judge in Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen G. Kane's upcoming criminal trial to reject her request to file a key defense argument in secret.
Kane has asked Montgomery County Court Judge Wendy Demchick-Alloy to permit her to file under seal a brief contending that she is the victim of a "selective and vindictive" prosecution.
If her request is granted, her argument could be read only by the judge and Kane's prosecutors, not by the public.
"The First Amendment requires that the public witness the extraordinary proceedings in this court that implicate the attorney general's fitness for her elected office and could indeed lead to her removal," the news organizations said in court papers.
Read more: www.philly.com/philly/news/politics/20160326_Inquirer__other_newspapers__oppose_Kane_s_bid_for_secrecy_in_her_criminal_case.html
Kane has asked Montgomery County Court Judge Wendy Demchick-Alloy to permit her to file under seal a brief contending that she is the victim of a "selective and vindictive" prosecution.
If her request is granted, her argument could be read only by the judge and Kane's prosecutors, not by the public.
"The First Amendment requires that the public witness the extraordinary proceedings in this court that implicate the attorney general's fitness for her elected office and could indeed lead to her removal," the news organizations said in court papers.
Read more: www.philly.com/philly/news/politics/20160326_Inquirer__other_newspapers__oppose_Kane_s_bid_for_secrecy_in_her_criminal_case.html