On Tuesday, a Nashville judge will weigh the question of whether a mass murderer’s estate can claim copyright over their handwritten confession after death.
The legal battle is centered around the release of a manifesto written by transgender shooter Audrey Elizabeth Hale, who committed a school shooting massacre at the Covenant School in Nashville, Tennesee, in March 2023. After she was shot dead by police on the scene, Hale’s parents transferred her estate to the family members of the six murder victims. Now, the victim’s families have interjected into a public records lawsuit against the city and its police department in an effort to block the public release of the document. The families argue that the manifesto is copyrighted and owned as part of Hale’s estate.
Hale, a 28-year-old transgender artist who called herself Aiden, carried out the attack on March 27, 2023, at…
