Here’s a piece on efforts by a coalition of media outlets to overturn a gag order in the proceedings surrounding the murder of four University of Idaho students last November. A Magistrate in the murder trial of the accused killer – Bryan Kohberger – issued a gag order which prohibits attorneys, prosecutors, law enforcement agencies and others involved in the case from talking to the news media. The media coalition asked the Idaho Supreme Court to strike down the order on First Amendment grounds, but that court sent the matter back to the Magistrate to rule on the request.
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