Utah Media Challenge Sealed Filings in Smart Case

Several Utah media outlets, including The Associated Press, The Salt Lake Tribune, the Utah chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists, and the Utah Press Association, have jointly petitioned a federal court judge to open sealed records filed in the Elizabeth Smart kidnapping case.  Attorney Michael O’Brien filed the court papers on Monday, stating that sealing the documents restricts the news organizations to report information in the case.  These media outlets hope that these documents are opened in order to educate the information on the case to the public.

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