A bill that would let them view the evidence if they agree not to copy or share it was...
State Sen Roland Gutierrez holds a press conference at the State Capitol announcing plans to introduce legislation aimed at preventing mass shooting and memorializing victims, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2023. From left are Veronica and Jerry Mata, parents of Uvalde shooting victim, Tess, and Rhonda Hart, whose daughter, Kimberly Vaughan was murdered in the Santa Fe High School shooting.
Hart’s family is one of 10 that have been awaiting answers since the mass shooting. Prosecutors say they can’t release autopsy reports or videos from the school because it could jeopardize future criminal proceedings for the now 22-year-old shooter, who has been repeatedly declared mentally unfit for trial.
A representative of the Galveston County District Attorney’s Office, who is handling the case, advocated in favor of the bill Tuesday, saying it would take away concerns of the information becoming public. “Even then, I was given just 22 minutes to come to terms with the medical examiner's finding that she'd been brutally beaten to death,” Steele said. “Twenty-two minutes before that autopsy was emailed to every news organization that asked for it.”
The bill was left pending on Tuesday in the House Committee on Homeland Security and Public Safety. It would still need to pass the full House and Senate, and be signed by the governor, to become law.
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