gag order
noun
: a judicial ruling barring public disclosure or discussion (as by the press) of information related to a case
broadly
: a similar nonjudicial prohibition against the release of confidential information or against public discussion of a sensitive matter
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The judge has issued a gag order.
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In his first comments about the case since the court’s gag order was lifted, Hurwit — who later joined the Kohberger prosecution team — sought to remind the public that solving the quadruple homicide and bringing the killer to justice was never a given.
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Kevin Fixler, Idaho Statesman, 24 July 2025
But a years-long gag order has finally been lifted, and the Moscow Police Department in Idaho released hundreds of previously unseen documents to the public hours later, shedding new light on the investigation while leaving other questions still unanswered.
—Michael Ruiz , Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 24 July 2025
Prosecutors, police and others connected to the case may shed more light on his motive now that a long-standing gag order has been lifted.
—N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 23 July 2025
At the time the gag order was put in place, Horwitz served as the attorney for the family of Terry Childress, an inmate who died in February 2021 after his cellmate assaulted him in CoreCivic’s Trousdale Turner Correctional Center in Hartsville.
—Angele Latham, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
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Kevin Fixler, Idaho Statesman, 24 July 2025
But a years-long gag order has finally been lifted, and the Moscow Police Department in Idaho released hundreds of previously unseen documents to the public hours later, shedding new light on the investigation while leaving other questions still unanswered.
—Michael Ruiz , Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 24 July 2025
Prosecutors, police and others connected to the case may shed more light on his motive now that a long-standing gag order has been lifted.
—N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 23 July 2025
At the time the gag order was put in place, Horwitz served as the attorney for the family of Terry Childress, an inmate who died in February 2021 after his cellmate assaulted him in CoreCivic’s Trousdale Turner Correctional Center in Hartsville.
—Angele Latham, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
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“Gag order.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gag%20order. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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