- Posted July 10, 2013
- Tweet This | Share on Facebook
Free Press sues to get Kwame Kilpatrick mugshot
DETROIT (AP) -- The Detroit Free Press is suing the federal government over its refusal to release the mugshots of former Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick and two other people.
The newspaper says the U.S. Justice Department is ignoring court rulings dating to the 1990s that treat photos of criminal defendants as public documents.
The Free Press wants photos of Kilpatrick, his father Bernard and a friend, Bobby Ferguson, when they were charged with corruption. They're now awaiting their sentence in Detroit federal court.
A decision in favor of the Free Press likely would compel the government to resume releasing mugshots of defendants in other criminal cases.
The government has said releasing photos would violate privacy, despite court decisions to the contrary. There was no immediate comment from the Justice Department.
Published: Wed, Jul 10, 2013
headlines Oakland County
- Judge’s memorial unveiled
- Bring ’em to Ingham? Not necessarily, Supreme Court rules of lawsuits state files
- Nessel secures preliminary injunction protecting USDA funding
- Final judgment secured in lawsuit challenging administration’s $100k tax for H-1B visas
- Woman sentenced for distributing child porn, prosecutor disappointed with sentence imposed
headlines National
- Bill Kurtis’ memoir tells how law school trained him for covering trials
- ACLU and BigLaw firm use ‘Orange is the New Black’ in hashtag effort to promote NY jail reform
- Justice Barrett’s home targeted in attempted swatting call
- Texting-and-driving charges dropped against woman without right hand
- Fender warns guitar makers to stop producing Stratocaster look-a-likes
- General counsel compensation climbs, aligned with equity and company scale
