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Essay

Ruby, a reporter for the, is covering a story about an apparent suicide of a prominent attorney. Ruby has a hunch that, given the attorney's recent case load, his death may not have been at his own hand. Ruby wants the autopsy report so that her experts can independently evaluate the conclusions reached by the medical examiner. Could she get the autopsy report under Louisiana open records law:  ttp://www.rcfp.org/louisiana-open-government-guide/iv-record-categories-open-or-closed/autopsy-reports ? The notion of autopsy pictures being off limits was the focus of a Florida case brought by a student newspaper. What happened in it: http://www.splc.org/news/report_detail.asp?id=1042&edition=27 ?