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Judge orders Cobb County Sheriff to turn over files on jail deaths
11Alive filed a lawsuit against the department for concealing files and violating the Georgia Open Records Act.
6:42 PM EDT October 14, 2020
Updated: 7:56 AM EDT October 15, 2020
COBB COUNTY, Ga. — A judge has ordered the Cobb County Sheriff's Office to release records related to two people who have died at its detention center over the past few years.
The order is in response to a lawsuit 11Alive filed against Sheriff Neil Warren in September. The lawsuit claimed the sheriff violated the Georgia Open Records Act by withholding public documents related to inmate deaths by manufacturing a bogus investigation to conceal the records.'
According to Cobb County attorney Lauren Bruce, the records were not available because the deaths were still under investigation.
"On June 11, 2020, Sheriff Warren requested that an independent law firm investigate the circumstances surrounding the inmate deaths,” Bruce wrote to 11Alive.
'''That law firm is run by attorney Nathan Wade. Bruce said state law allowed the agency to withhold records until the conclusion of his investigation.
But, during a hearing on Monday, Wade said he’s not doing a criminal investigation at all. He called it a review and assessment.
The lawsuit states that Wade’s investigation is illusionary and “an effort to shield thousands of public (and potentially damaging) records from disclosure in an election year.”'''
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