Monday, December 06, 2004
No gag order after all for Matthew Shepard's killers?
shepard A close look at the lifetime gag order designed to keep one of Matthew Shepard's killers, Aaron McKinney, from speaking to the press, seems to show that while the original trial judge, Barton Voigt, did intend to give the order, somehow it was never written into McKinney's official plea agreement. The prosecuting attorney in the case says he doesn’t know how it got left out. McKinney and the other murderer, Russell Henderson, spoke to the ABC news magazine 20/20 last month, triggering a hail of criticism and allegations that McKinney violated the agreement that kept him from being put to death for the vicious 1998 slaying.
Cheyenne Tribune-Eagle, Editor & Publisher
why would somebody jailed for life be ordered not to discuss their case? seems open to abuse.
shepard A close look at the lifetime gag order designed to keep one of Matthew Shepard's killers, Aaron McKinney, from speaking to the press, seems to show that while the original trial judge, Barton Voigt, did intend to give the order, somehow it was never written into McKinney's official plea agreement. The prosecuting attorney in the case says he doesn’t know how it got left out. McKinney and the other murderer, Russell Henderson, spoke to the ABC news magazine 20/20 last month, triggering a hail of criticism and allegations that McKinney violated the agreement that kept him from being put to death for the vicious 1998 slaying.
Cheyenne Tribune-Eagle, Editor & Publisher
why would somebody jailed for life be ordered not to discuss their case? seems open to abuse.
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