Editorial: Emotion shouldn't guide public records law
"Sickening ... disgusting ... vile ... hurtful."

Editorial: Lawmakers move too fast on crime scene photos
The rush to get House Bill 1322, the Meredith Emerson Privacy Act, through the Georgia General Assembly is completely understandable. It's difficult to criticize state Rep. Jill Chambers, R-Atlanta, House Speaker David Ralston, R-Blue Ridge, and other lawmakers for quickly bringing their power as elected officials to bear to keep crime scene photos of the lifeless, decapitated body of murdered 24-year-old hiker Meredith Emerson out of the hands of a reporter working for a pornographic magazine.

House passes bill to block graphic crime-scene photos
ATLANTA — The House voted unanimously this afternoon to block distribution of crime-scene photos that show a dismembered body or the victim’s genitals.

Hustler asks for crime scene photos of slain hiker
ATLANTA — A true-crime author has requested crime-scene photos of the nude, decapitated body of University of Georgia graduate Meredith Emerson on behalf of Hustler magazine, and the Georgia Bureau of Investigation is refusing to comply while the House rushes through a law to block the release of similar photos.