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Pastimes : Murder Mystery: Who Killed Yale Student Suzanne Jovin?
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To: scion who wrote (1181)2/5/2004 3:30:42 PM
From: Jeffrey S. Mitchell  Read Replies (2) of 1397
 
Rosen is giving the standard line that the police should have total control about what the public learns about an investigation.

A couple of years ago I and the Hartford Courant initiated a Freedom of Information request for release of the entire Jovin case file. That's standard language; of course you don't expect to get the whole thing-- but the police are obligated to go through the whole thing item by item and tell you what parts, if any, they are OK releasing and which should remain sealed. To make a long story short, they simply categorically said nothing would be released. The FOI Commission not only ruled against them and for the release of material, but chastised the NHPD for not doing as required under law, even going so far as to accusing on officer, Lt. Norwood (quoted in the recent Courant article), of lying under oath. The City of New Haven (representing the police) appealed the ruling but the judge never ruled on the substantive issues (i.e. whether something should or should not be released). Instead, he said that the FOI violated its own internal procedures by appointing a second hearing officer who had not been present during the initial hearing (even though he heard the tapes and read the transcripts), and thus the whole process should being anew.

In any event, I expect most of the case file (what's left of it we don't already know) to be exposed when James Van de Velde's lawsuits get into the discovery phase. Both the city and Yale have pending motions to dismiss that should be decided on "any day now."

- Jeff
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