Orlando Sentinel moves to keep Casey Anthony jail records open

Orlando Sentinel moves to keep Casey Anthony jail records open

By Anthony Colarossi, Orlando Sentinel

6:14 p.m. EDT, October 27, 2010

Excerpt:

The Orlando Sentinel has filed a motion in court arguing against the Casey Anthony defense team's efforts to have Orange County Jail records sealed in the high-profile case.

Citing a new appellate court decision in South Florida, the Casey Anthony defense team recently filed a motion to seal the woman's jail commissary records and telephone and visitation logs.

But today the Sentinel responded with its own motion, saying the Casey Anthony team's "argument is misplaced."

" Florida's Constitution and Public Records Act contemplates the disclosure of all records made or received by an agency in connection with the transaction of official business," states the Sentinel's motion to intervene. "The fact that there is no exemption for the public records at issue means that the legislature never contemplated that the documents would remain secret."

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