October 03, 2003, 09:17
A. DiamondAG denies media's attempt to obtain and test biological samples
The Washington Post made an Open Records Request to try to get access to (they wanted to test for DNA) physical evidence from a capital case, post-execution. AG's office repeated what we knew: that's not what the Public Information Act is about. Link to the letter ruling, OR2003-6798:
http://www.oag.state.tx.us/opinopen/opinions/orl50abbott/orl2003/or036798.htm