Gary Michael Hilton

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Evidence to be released today in Gary Michael Hilton case

Evidence will be released today in the Gary Michael Hilton murder case, said Georgia Cappleman, chief assistant state attorney for the 2nd Judicial District.

Hilton is facing the death penalty on a charge of first-degree murder in the 2007 killing of Crawfordville resident Cheryl Dunlap.

Hilton, who is being held in the Leon County Jail, is serving a life sentence for the January 2008 murder of Georgia resident Meredith Emerson, and he's a suspect in the killing of a North Carolina couple.

http://www.tallahassee.com/article/2...el+Hilton+case

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Jury selection for Gary Michael Hilton's murder trial is set to begin July 12, 2010.

http://www.wtxl.tv/Global/story.asp?...v=menu594_2_12

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This article doesn't have anything to do with Hilton, but it does relate to Meredith Emerson who he killed in 2008 and is serving a life sentence for.

Hustler asks for crime scene photos of slain hiker
Mar. 8, 2010 3:33 PM EST

Authorities said Monday they will not give Hustler Magazine crime scene and autopsy photos of a Georgia college student who was slain while hiking, with one lawmaker calling the porn publication's request "vile" and "disgusting."

Georgia Bureau of Investigation spokesman John Bankhead said his agency would reject the magazine's "indecent" request for the photos of Meredith Emerson, whose decapitated body was found in January 2008 in the north Georgia woods. The 24-year-old University of Georgia student had been beaten to death.

Hustler Magazine last week asked for the photos as part of an open records request filed with the GBI, though it was unclear why. A phone call to the magazine's Beverly Hills, Calif., headquarters was not immediately returned Monday.

House Speaker David Ralston blasted the request and said he had instructed the GBI to refuse to hand over the material.

"It's sickening. I think it's disgusting. I think it is vile and I think it is very, very hurtful to this family," the Republican from Blue Ridge told reporters on Monday.

Gary Michael Hilton is serving a life sentence for Emerson's murder. Authorities have linked him to at least three other slayings.

The request clearly touched a nerve with other Georgia legislators.

State Rep. Jill Chambers, an Atlanta Republican, will introduce legislation next week to exempt such crime scene photos from the state's open records law.

Autopsy photos are currently exempt from the state's open records law. But Ralston, a lawyer, said crime scene photographs of a body fall into a legal gray area.

Ralston said the proposed "Meredith Emerson Privacy Act" would move quickly to a vote in the chamber.

However, that bill would not apply to Hustler's request if passed. The magazine could choose to fight GBI's denial in court. Ralston said he's hopeful the courts would deny Hustler's request.

http://hosted2.ap.org/MICLE/0798b35a...771c79650701a5

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ATLANTA — A Georgia judge has barred authorities from releasing crime scene and autopsy photos of a 24-year-old University of Georgia graduate killed while hiking.

DeKalb County Superior Court Judge Dan Coursey said Wednesday releasing the photos of Meredith Emerson to Hustler Magazine would cause "irreparable harm."

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,588758,00.html