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ATTORNEY GENERAL’S OFFICE. THEY HAVE BEEN WORKING TO KEEP THIS LIST PRIVATE AND NOW THEY ARE RESPONDING TO THE DECISION. A HILLSBOROUGH SUPERIOR COURT JUDGE HAS NOW RULED TO MAKE THE SO-CALLED LAURIE LIST PUBLIC. IT’S NOW KNOWN AS THE EXCULPATORY EVIDENCE SCHEDULE, WHICH WAS CREATED BACK IN 2005. >> IT CONSISTS OF THE NAMES OF POLICE OFFICERS IN THE STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE THAT HAVE ENGAGED IN SUSTAINED FINDINGS OF MISCONDUCT RELATING TO CREDIBILITY OR TRUTHFULNESS. KRISTEN: 260 POLICE OFFICERS ARE ON THAT LIST WITH SPECIFIC CREDIBILITY PROBLEMS, AND THE CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION ALONG WITH MEDIA ORGANIZATIONS HAVE SUED TO GET ACCESS TO IT. >> WE ARE TALKING ABOUT FALSIFYING EVIDENCE, LYING ON A POLICE DOCUMEN THIS IS BEHAVIOR THAT GOES TO THE CORE OF A POLICE OFFICER’S ABILITY TO PERFORM HIS AND HER FUNCTIONS. KRISTEN: IT’S INFORMATION THAT IS DISCLOSED DURING COURT CASES. >> IT IS CRITICAL FOR DEFENDANTS TO GET ACCESS TO INFORMATION CONCERNING OFFICERS WHEN AN OFFICER MAY HAVE VIOLATED THOSE PRINCIPALS BECAUSE THAT IS CENTRAL TO DUE PROCESS. KRISTEN: BUT THE PUBLIC HAS NEVER BEEN ALLOWED TO SEE IT >> THE PUBLIC IN GENERAL HAVE A RIGHT TO KNOW WHETHER POLICE OFFICERS WORKING IN THEIR PARTICULAR TOWN HAVE ISSUES CONCERNING CREDIBILITY OR TRUSTWORTHINESS. THEY WORK FOR US THE TAXPAYERS KRISTEN: THE ATTORNEY GENERAL’S OFFICE IS NOW RESPONDING. THEY SAY IN PART, "THE COURT DID NOT ORDER THE IMMEDIATE PRODUCTION OF AN UNREDACTED EXCULPATORY EVIDENCE SCHEDULE. THE COURT’S ORDER IS NOT A FINAL ORDER IN THE CASE. WE ARE REVIEWING THE ORDER AND WILL MAKE A DETERMINATION ABOUT NEXT STEPS THE ATTORNEY GENERAL’S OFFICE MAY APPEAL THIS DECISION, SO RIGHT NOW IT’S UNCLEAR WHEN OR IF THE LIST WILL BE MADE PUBLIC. LIVE IN CONCORD, KRISTEN CAROSA, WMUR N

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A Hillsborough County Superior Court judge has ruled to make the exculpatory evidence schedule, also known as the “Laurie List,” public.“It consists of the names of police officers in the state of New Hampshire that have engaged in sustained findings of misconduct relating to credibility or truthfulness,” said Gilles Bissonnette, legal director of the American Civil Liberties Union of New Hampshire.>> Download the FREE WMUR appThe list, created in 2005, includes 260 police officers with specific credibility problems.The ACLU and media organizations have sued to get access to it.“We are talking about falsifying evidence, lying on a police document,” Bissonnette said. “This is behavior that goes to the core of a police officer’s ability to perform him and her functions.”Information on the Laurie List is disclosed during court cases, but the public has never been allowed to see it.“It is critical for defendants to get access to information concerning officers when an officer may have violated those principals because that is central to due process,” Bissonnette said. “The public in general have a right to know whether police officers working in their particular town have issues concerning credibility or trustworthiness. They work for us, the taxpayers.”The Attorney General's Office responded to the judge’s ruling, saying in part, “The court did not order the immediate production of an unredacted exculpatory evidence schedule. The court's order is not a final order in the case. We are reviewing the order and will make a determination about next steps.”The Attorney General's Office may appeal this decision, and it is unclear when or if the list will be made public.Last year, Philadelphia District Attorney's Office provided a list of dozens of problem officers to the Philadelphia Defender Association after a court ordered the list should be released. The list was obtained by The Philadelphia Inquirer and the Philadelphia Daily News. A similar lawsuit is pending for the release of a list kept by New York City's district attorneys.The Associated Press contributed to this report.