Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed a new law last week to protect public record files in the killing of a minor. The bill came as a result of the recent murder of 13-year-old Tristyn Bailey.
Annette Gutierrez, Action News JaxST. JOHNS COUNTY, Fla. — Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed a new law last week to protect public record files in the killing of a minor. One of the cases this impact is the 2021 murder of 13-year-old Tristyn Bailey.The Bailey family attorney, Matthew Hinson, says they received multiple requests from media outlets and from the public to release the crime scene photos of Tristyn’s body. She was stabbed more than 100 times.
Senate Bill 404 already protected the killing of a law enforcement officer and a victim of mass violence. So, in January they began amending section 119 - to protect families involved in “the killing of a minor.” This amendment was added alongside section 406, which is known as the “Rex and Brody Act” – to protect the reports of minor victims of domestic violence.
But the First Amendment Foundation says denying access to public records does more damage than good by putting a hole in accountability.“Some of these exemptions are not badly intended,” First Amendment Foundation Executive Director Bobby Block said. “The problem is that often in these kind of cases – by not having access to these records, we also don’t know about the abuses of power.”
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