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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Rebecca Boone

News outlets join to oppose gag order in Idaho stabbing case

ASSOCIATED PRESS

Twenty regional and national news organizations have formed a coalition to ask a judge to narrow a gag order in the case against a man accused of killing four University of Idaho students.

The coalition, which includes The Associated Press, contends that press access to law enforcement officers and other officials involved in high-stakes criminal cases provides the public with important context and a better understanding of how the criminal justice system operates.

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