Tag: Tennessee Open Records Act
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The New York Times, AP Report Understaffing, Cessation of New Prisoner Arrivals at Trousdale County, TN CCA Facility
INMATE, VISITOR REPORTS TO THE POST & EMAIL CORROBORATED BY NATIONAL NEWS OUTLET by Sharon Rondeau (May 25, 2016) — An article written by the Associated Press published in The New York Times on Tuesday afternoon corroborates the accounts of a number of inmates’ relatives as well as an inmate concerning short-staffing at the Trousdale…
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Tennessee Defendant Takes Prosecutor to Task for Incompetence, Alleged Evidence-Tampering
“BE SPECIFIC” by Sharon Rondeau (May 3, 2016) — On April 20, The Post & Email published an update on the case of State of Tennessee v. Roy Cook, a case emanating from Roane County which has entered its fourth year without a trial or resolution. Cook alleges that the prosecution has withheld exculpatory evidence…
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Hearing for Walter Fitzpatrick to be Held on Monday Morning
WITH SAME JUDGE WHO DECRIED “CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS” by Sharon Rondeau (Oct. 19, 2014) — A hearing in which the attorney for state convict CDR Walter Francis Fitzpatrick, III (Ret.) will ask for a new trial and for an “arrested judgment” will be held on Monday morning at 10:00 a.m. EDT in the McMinn County, TN…
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Why is the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation Mum about the “Sovereign Citizen” Program?
TAXPAYER-FUNDED TRAINING PROGRAM DEMONIZES FITZPATRICK, HUFF AND THE POST & EMAIL by Sharon Rondeau (Oct. 10, 2012) — On August 23, 2012, The Post & Email wrote the following letter to the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI) to submit an Open Records request under TCA 10-7-503, which allows seven business days in which to provide…
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Is the DOJ Lying, Stonewalling, Confused, or Colluding?
FBI SAYS “NO RECORDS;” DOJ STATES OTHERWISE; MOST REQUESTS GO UNADDRESSED by Sharon Rondeau (Sep. 27, 2012) — Since the end of March, The Post & Email has been attempting to obtain documentation through the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) on the source of the order to deploy FBI agents and a large number of…