Pretrial secrecy

The Reporters Committee at 27 media organizations filed a letter in the Northern District of Ohio concerning public access to…

Jesse Friedman was denied access to witness statements provided to local law enforcement under the confidential source exemption in New…

The judge presiding over the fatal Colorado movie theater shooting case granted the release of about three dozen relevant court…

The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press today urged a federal appeals court to review the automatic sealing of…

The Supreme Court of Canada has upheld a federal law that prevents journalists from reporting on evidence presented at bail…

Four experienced journalists have been banned from reporting on the military commission proceedings at Guantanamo Bay because they published the…

An Ohio judge told the state Supreme Court on Monday that his decision in January to temporarily ban media coverage…

A federal appeals court in Washington, D.C., has temporarily blocked the release of sealed court documents in the government's case…

The federal judge who dismissed murder charges against Blackwater security guards after a closed hearing on whether evidence against them…

In a continuing effort to shroud the R. Kelly trial in secrecy, a judge and courtroom personnel last week kept…