Judge criticizes Beshear for fighting release of child abuse death records

Judge criticizes Beshear for fighting release of child abuse death records

A Western Kentucky judge criticized Gov. Steve Beshear in a newspaper commentary published this week for fighting full disclosure of child-abuse death records.

Without the records, the public can't know whether the state properly protects children in abuse and neglect cases, Circuit Judge Tyler Gill wrote in a commentary provided to several newspapers.