Controversy over release of Nashville school shooter's writings.

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Controversy over release of Nashville school shooter's writings.
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Parents of The Covenant School victims and surviving students filed a motion in court asking for no release of the shooter's documents, even redacted versions to the public. The suit represents 75% of families associated with The Covenant School. Six people died in the mass shooting in March, three of them 9-year-old children. The parents' attorneys argue that the Tennessee Open Records Act cannot apply in the name of school safety and that there is an "implicit exception." The unredacted version of the documents is now with a judge.

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