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Constitutional Law

Aug. 3, 2006

Federal Judge Jails Freelance Videographer

SAN FRANCISCO - A federal judge Tuesday jailed a freelance videographer for refusing to hand over his videotape of a 2005 anarchists' protest that is under investigation by a grand jury.

By Amelia Hansen
Daily Journal Staff Writer


SAN FRANCISCO - A federal judge Tuesday jailed a freelance videographer for refusing to hand over his videotape of a 2005 anarchists' protest that is under investigation by a grand jury.
      U.S. District Judge William Alsup held Josh Wolf, 24, in civil contempt for failing to turn over his footage, taken at the protest rally in San Francisco's Mission Distr...

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