A journalist for the Tennessee Star could reportedly be facing jail time for publishing journal writings of Audrey Hale, who killed six people at Covenant Elementary School in Nashville in March 2023.
The shooter’s manifesto has been the subject of a legal and cultural debate after the authorities refused to release the document. The Tennessee Star’s article describes the content of Hale’s writings, highlighting her “imaginary penis” and how she would “kill” to obtain puberty blockers. Now, the newspaper’s editor-in-chief, Patrick Leahy, could be facing a contempt of court charge for allowing the article to be published.
For more than a year, Nashville Chancellor I’Ashea Myles has been presiding over a public records case wherein the plaintiffs are suing to get the right to release documents related to the shooting. Families of the victims are on the exact opposite…
