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« Celona case: Governor pleased 'nobody above the law' | Today | Today's front page » February 1, 2007More Station fire evidence to be released todayPROVIDENCE -- The Attorney General's Office plans this morning to release thousands of pages of previously secret grand jury testimony, witness statements and videos associated with The Station nightclub fire criminal investigation. The release, which is expected at 9 a.m., follows a public records' request by The Providence Journal, The Associated Press and the Boston Globe. Among the materials will be the nearly unprecedented release of 4,878 pages of grand jury testimony, 609 witness statements totalling 5,207 pages and seven videos -- including three shot by amateurs the night of the February 2003 blaze, three videos of bands that played in The Station before the night of the fire, and one police crime scene video. The blaze, one of the worst in the state's history, killed 100 people and injured more than 200. All of the materials will be edited for privacy and sensitivity, according to the Attorney General's Office, which will release the evidence to the media on computer hard drives. The grand jury testimony will also be posted on the attorney general's Web site. Check back throughout the day for repeated updates on projo.com -- projo.com staff writer Steve Peoples with reports from Journal staff writer Paul Edward Parker The attorney general will not release a video shot by a Channel 12 camera operator at the West Warwick club that night, even though Lynch had planned to do so. "We were prepared to release the Channel 12 video, but we had a conversation with a lawyer for the [TV] station's parent company, and he specifically asserted the copyright privilege, and we thought it wise to respect that privilege," Lynch spokesman Michael J. Healey said last week. Late last year, Lynch released dozens of other videos that had been copyrighted by professional broadcast media. Those included NBC's Dateline, a Discovery Channel documentary about the fire, CNN's Larry King Live, Channel 6 coverage of the fire and news stories that one of the nightclub's owners had done when he worked as a reporter at a Boston television station. The Attorney General's Office plans to release another batch of evidence following today's release, though no date has been set. Posted by Steve Peoples CommentsPost a commentPlease be civil. Vicious comments, personal attacks and profanity won't be published. Name and email are required; email address will not publish. |
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