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To: Jeffrey S. Mitchell who wrote (1062)	2/14/2002 8:52:06 AM
From: Jeffrey S. Mitchell	Read Replies (1) of 1397

Re: 2/14/02 - Hartford Courant: Police Ordered To Release Documents In Jovin Slaying CONNECTICUT Police Ordered To Release Documents In Jovin Slaying February 14, 2002 By GARY LIBOW, Courant Staff Writer The state Freedom of Information Commission ordered the New Haven police department Wednesday to make public much of its file on the unsolved 1998 killing of Yale senior Suzanne Jovin. Police have 30 days to either turn over the documents or challenge the decision. Lawyers for the New Haven police department and Jovin's family said they would appeal in state court. The commission unanimously adopted a recommendation by member Dennis E. O'Connor. It ruled that the police department had failed to prove why several thousand documents should be exempted from disclosure. The police department and city had claimed a blanket exemption, arguing that disclosure of the file would taint the investigation and put informants and others at risk. The Courant and Jeff Mitchell - a childhood friend of the only named suspect - James Van de Velde, had filed complaints with the commission seeking access to the file. Van de Velde was Jovin's thesis adviser. O'Connor told the commission he reviewed 4,500 pages of the file, 494 pages of newspaper clippings and a 911 tape reporting Jovin's stabbing. He said he concluded the police argument that release of the documents would hinder its investigation was flawed. More than three years after Jovin was slain, O'Connor said, the police department's argument about disclosure compromising the investigation was "stretching" it. ctnow.com

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