Posted by Patricia Mazzei The Miami Herald has filed a lawsuit against the Florida Department of Corrections, alleging that the agency has violated the state’s open record laws by withholding information about suspicious deaths and possible sexual and physical assaults of inmates at the hands of corrections officers in the state prison system. [Read more]
South Beach free-speech advocate, jailed for fatal DUI wreck, wants records sealed – Miami Herald
Former South Beach resident Sean Casey built a career on promoting the freedom of journalists across Latin America. And when he mowed down an elderly woman in a drunk-driving wreck in 2001, Casey and supporters cited press freedom in calling for the courts to unveil evidence they insisted showed that he’d been unfairly convicted. His […]
