Freelancer Josh Wolf’s Jail Time Now a Record — And Counting
· Story link As of Feb. 6, freelance journalist Josh Wolf had been in jail for 169 days for refusing…
As of Feb. 6, freelance journalist Josh Wolf had been in jail for 169 days for refusing testify before a grand jury and make available video tapes he shot at an anarchist rally in San Francisco in July 2005. That broke the record for jail-time by a journalist for contempt of court. The longest previous time spent in jail was also by a freelancer, author/journalist Vanessa Leggett who spend 168 days in a federal prison in Texas in 2001. (2/6/07)