USA TODAY: …In an interview a few weeks ago, St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney Robert McCulloch said the judge agreed that the records would be made public if there is no indictment.
“If there is not an indictment returned in any case, then the case is closed and the records are closed. Unless the judge orders that they be opened. So in this case, we have asked the judge if there is no indictment returned, and no charge on anything, we have asked the judge, and she has agreed, that the records will be made public,” McCulloch said.
But Sunday, St. Louis County Director of Judicial Administration Paul Fox released a statement saying that St. Louis County Circuit Judge Carolyn Whittington has entered no such order or made no such agreement… (more)
