Public's Right to Open Court Proceedings

Here's a link to the Hawaii Supreme Court's ruling in Oahu Publications v. Ahn. It's an important case that everyone, including reporters who cover the courts, should read for what it says about Hawaii's tradition of open proceedings and why actions by Ahn in the past and Ahn's decision to conduct a closed chamber conference to conduct a retrial for Christopher Deedy is of concern (see our earlier post, The Sleeping Watchdogs).

SCPW-13-0003250.pdf

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