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Mississippi newspaper ordered to remove editorial critical of city officials

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Updated On: February 26, 2025
Date of Incident: February 18, 2025
Location: Jackson, Mississippi
Targets: The Clarksdale Press Register

Status of Prior Restraint →: Dropped
Mistakenly Released Materials? →: No

Alabama reporter faces felony charge for article on grand jury investigation

Incident Details

Updated On: November 20, 2024
Date of Incident: October 27, 2023
Location: Atmore, Alabama
Case number: 1:24-cv-00425
Targets: Don Fletcher (Atmore News)
Case Status: Ongoing
Type of case: Civil

Arrest Status →: Arrested and released
Arresting Authority →: Escambia County Sheriff’s Office
Charges →: Publishing: revealing, disclosing or divulging grand jury information

Oct. 27, 2023: Charges pending

April 19, 2024: Charges dropped
Detention Date →: October 27, 2023
Release Date →: October 27, 2023
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

Status of Prior Restraint →: Dropped
Mistakenly Released Materials? →: No

Alabama publisher charged over report on grand jury investigation

Incident Details

Updated On: November 20, 2024
Date of Incident: October 27, 2023
Location: Atmore, Alabama
Case number: 1:24-cv-00425
Targets: Sherry Digmon (Atmore News)
Case Status: Ongoing
Type of case: Civil

Arrest Status →: Arrested and released
Arresting Authority →: Escambia County Sheriff’s Office
Charges →: Publishing: revealing, disclosing or divulging grand jury information

Oct. 27, 2023: Charges pending

April 19, 2024: Charges dropped
Detention Date →: October 27, 2023
Release Date →: October 27, 2023
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

Status of Prior Restraint →: Dropped
Mistakenly Released Materials? →: No

Judge again bars media from publishing on expelled student or his lawsuit

Incident Details

Updated On: November 28, 2023
Date of Incident: October 10, 2023
Location: Asheville, North Carolina
Targets: Media

Status of Prior Restraint →: Dropped
Mistakenly Released Materials? →: No

St. Louis Post-Dispatch barred from publishing mistakenly released report

Incident Details

Updated On: May 1, 2024
Date of Incident: May 23, 2023
Location: St. Louis, Missouri
Targets: Katie Kull (St. Louis Post-Dispatch), St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Status of Prior Restraint →: Dropped
Mistakenly Released Materials? →: Yes

Judge bars media from publishing on expelled student suing UNC system

Incident Details

Updated On: March 1, 2023
Date of Incident: February 22, 2023
Location: Asheville, North Carolina
Targets: Media

Status of Prior Restraint →: Dropped
Mistakenly Released Materials? →: No

Texas judge vacates order limiting murder trial coverage

Incident Details

Date of Incident: January 9, 2023
Location: Waco, Texas
Targets: KWTX-TV, Media, Waco Tribune-Herald

Status of Prior Restraint →: Dropped
Mistakenly Released Materials? →: No

Penn. journalist ordered to destroy, unpublish copies of leaked report

Incident Details

Date of Incident: December 15, 2022
Location: Exeter Township, Pennsylvania
Targets: Jerry Geleff (Jerry Geleff Media), The Exeter Examiner, The Exeter Underground

Status of Prior Restraint →: Dropped
Mistakenly Released Materials? →: No

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