Marsy’s Law can’t be used to conceal names of officers involved in shootings or crime victims, Florida Supreme Court rules

TALLAHASSEE — In a victory for open government advocates, the Florida Supreme Court ruled Thursday that law enforcement agencies cannot use Marsy’s Law to withhold the names of officers involved in fatal shootings. The court also said Marsy’s Law offers no guarantee of anonymity even to victims. “Today’s decision neither weakens … various exemptions of certain information from public disclosure, nor prevents the Legislature — in performing the constitutional function reserved to it and not to us — from expanding them,” Justice John Daniel Couriel wrote for the court. “Our...