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| AG backs off subpoenas over inmates' allegations |
| By detroitnews.com- Chad Livengood |
| Published: 03/10/2015 |
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Lansing — Attorney General Bill Schuette's office ordered and then withdrew three subpoenas of journalists reporting on a juvenile prisoner abuse lawsuit against the state, including one seeking a reporter's notes from interviewing inmates inside two state prisons. The sudden about-face Monday came after Schuette's office was at the center of a brief firestorm of criticism on social media following Huffington Post reporter Dana Liebelson's disclosure of how she was served two subpoenas last week for handwritten notes obtained "during a reporting trip on juvenile prison conditions." Schuette's office also withdrew a separate subpoena issued Monday to Michigan Radio that demanded the public radio station turn over copies of "complete and unedited" audio and video recordings of a March 3 interview of an Ann Arbor attorney representing inmates who are suing the state for alleged sexual and physical abuse sustained as juveniles. Read More. |
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