Subpoenaed to speak
According to the AP, two San Francisco Chronicle reporters were subpoenaed to tell a grand jury who leaked them information about the steroid scandal involving Barry Bonds and other top athletes.
Reporters Lance Williams and Mark Fainaru-Wada were ordered by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey White to appear before a grand jury investigating the leak.
Sticking to their standards, the duo said they would rather go to jail than testify.
Power to the people, but the legal precedents aren’t good for the journalists. The Supreme Court has spoken – and journalists can’t cop out of grand jury investigations. And shield laws need not apply in this case.
The owner of the Chronicle, The Hearst Corp., is standing by its reporters.
More to come.
Reporters Lance Williams and Mark Fainaru-Wada were ordered by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey White to appear before a grand jury investigating the leak.
Sticking to their standards, the duo said they would rather go to jail than testify.
Power to the people, but the legal precedents aren’t good for the journalists. The Supreme Court has spoken – and journalists can’t cop out of grand jury investigations. And shield laws need not apply in this case.
The owner of the Chronicle, The Hearst Corp., is standing by its reporters.
More to come.
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