The Lexington Herald-Leader asked a judge Wednesday to order the state
to turn over uncensored copies of documents regarding Kentucky children
who have been killed or nearly killed because of abuse and neglect.
In a
motion filed in Franklin Circuit Court, the Herald-Leader asked Judge
Phillip Shepherd to make the Cabinet for Health and Family Services
produce unaltered copies of more than 80 internal reviews conducted by
state social workers after deaths or near-deaths of children. The
newspaper's motion came the same day The Courier-Journal
filed a motion in Franklin Circuit Court asking that the cabinet be held
in contempt for redacting information from the case files.
A hearing in
the case is set for next Wednesday.
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