The writings of the person who killed three 9-year-olds and three adults at a private Christian elementary school in Nashville last year cannot be released to the public, a judge ruled Thursday.

Chancery Court Judge I’Ashea Myles found that The Covenant School children and parents hold the copyright to any writings or other works created by shooter Audrey Hale, a former student who was killed by police. As part of the effort to keep the records closed, Hale’s parents transferred ownership of Hale’s property to the victims’ families, who then argued in court that they should be allowed to determine who has access to them.

Myles agreed, ruling that “the original writings, journals, art, photos and videos created by Hale” are subject to an exception to the Tennessee Public Records Act created by the federal Copyright Act.

The shooter left behind at least 20 journals, a suicide note and a memoir, according to court filings. When the records requests were denied, several parties sued, and the situation quickly ballooned into a messy mix of conspiracy theories, leaked documents, probate battles and accusations of ethical misconduct. Myles’ order will almost surely be appealed.

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      You’ve been defending this judge and the withholding of evidence while demonizing a child for hours now, low energy lol whatever. This child could’ve been raped for years by the Christian school administrators. That’s why the journals should be released. You’re all in on defending the Christo-Fascists while trying to depict me in a bad light. Clutch you pearls somewhere else.

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        You’ve been spending hours pretending that there is a scenario where the murder of children can be rationalized into a logical motive. They. Can. Not.

        Making their manifesto increases their celebrity, which is a bad thing. Because spree killers want to be famous. This is 101 of the profile of these type of killers. You’re too invested in the culture war around this to see the occoms razor.

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            Me, Newsweek

            https://www.newsweek.com/audrey-hale-covenant-school-shooting-manifesto-1912044

            And the new York times

            https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/27/us/nashville-school-shooting-audrey-hale.html

            Call it a manifesto, you fucking idiot. Also FYI, you and Stephen crowder are on the same side of this issue.

            And I’m just replying. Don’t fucking cry about harassment when you’re just pathetically trying to defending the wrong side of an issue and think having the last word is a W.

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              Newsweek and the NYT ohh nooos the most credible sources lol lol lol

              You won’t shut up as if the last word is a “W” somehow, or at least in your small brain. I already asked you to stop bothering me loser, you’ve been harassing me for 12 hours now. My point was made many times and you just keep trying to paint your own narrative. Go back to r/TheDonald

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                JFC you think I’m a trump supporter lol wow, like I said, you’re too wrapped up in the culture war aspects of this to see the occoms razor. To the point where you are sympathizing with a literal mass killer kf children. Grow. The. Fuck. Up.

                OK, you think a memoir of a person who killed 6 people including 3 people under 10 years old is anything other than a manifesto? You think it has some actual literary value? Give me a break. And all I’m doing is replying to my inbox. I’m not following to other comment sections. You’re literally copy pasted the last word comment from my last reply you fucking dunce.