Covenant School parents and their attorneys huddle in prayer outside a courtroom before a hearing to decide whether documents and journals of a Nashville school shooter can be released to the public Wednesday, April 17, 2024, in Nashville, Tenn. A Tennessee judge will soon decide whether the journals of a Nashville school shooter can be released to the public, after nearly a year of legal wrangling over who can participate in the case. (AP Photo/Travis Loller)
Peter Clett, attorney for The Covenant School, presents arguments against the release of documents and the journals of the Covenant School shooter during a Chancery Court hearing Tuesday, April 16, 2024, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)
Covenant School parent Brent Leatherwood, right, addresses the media after a hearing to decide whether documents and journals of a Nashville school shooter can be released to the public, Tuesday, April 16, 2024, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)
Chancellor I'Ashea L. Myles presides over a hearing to decide whether the journals of the Covenant School shooter can be released to the public Tuesday, April 16, 2024, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)
Covenant School parent Brent Leatherwood addresses the media after a hearing to decide whether documents and journals of a Nashville school shooter can be released to the public Tuesday, April 16, 2024, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)
Rocky King, attorney for the The for Covenant Presbyterian Church, presents arguments against the release of documents and the journals of the Covenant School shooter during a Chancery Court hearing Tuesday, April 16, 2024, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)
Nashville Law Department Associate Director attorney Lora Barkenbus Fox argues against the immediate release of documents and journals of the Covenant School shooter to be released to the public during a hearing in Chancery Court, Tuesday, April 16, 2024, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)