Photo News Blog

July 15, 2006

Police illegally seize newspaper’s photos

A judge in Alaska illegally issued a search warrant for police to seize photos taken by an Anchorage Daily News photographer taken at a shooting scene. The newspaper was forced to turn over more than 100 photos from the scene, but after the police were contacted by the newspaper’s attorney and informed of the warrant violating federal law, the photos were returned.

CNN.com story

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