Angelico Wins National Honor
November 1996

WDSU-TV investigative reporter Richard Angelico was honored with the First Amendment Award last week by the national board of 
the Society of Professional Journalists for his outgoing fight with New Orleans DA Harry Connick Sr. over Kennedy assassination 
records.

Connick is trying to hold Angelico and his source in contempt of court for sending grand jury records from the Clay Shaw case to 
the federal Assassination Records Review Board. A congressional act requires the board to gather and preserve all records relating to 
the Kennedy assassination.

At Connick's urging, Criminal Court Judge Frank Marullo Jr. held Angelico and his source, former DA's investigator Gary 
Raymond, in contempt earlier this year, Marullo's ruling was based on the notion that Angelico, because he is a veteran 
investigative reporter, should have known that grand jury records must be kept secret under state law. Attorneys for Angelico are 
appealing that decision to the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeal.

In its notice to Angelico about the First Amendment Award, the national journalists' group commended the veteran investigative 
reporter for his "continuing efforts on behalf of the First Amendment and...dedication to the public's right to know important 
information."

In a related matter, U.S. District Judge Marcel Livaudais last week ordered Connick to turn over all remaining records from the Shaw 
case to the Assassination Records Review Board. The board has subpoenaed the records, which it is authorized to do by federal law, 
because Connick refused to cooperate with the board. Connick's attorney's had argued that the Shaw case records are not 
"assassination records" under the federal act. Livaudais disagreed. His ruling is expected to bolster Angelico's appeal in state court.

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