James Holmes' lawyers ask supreme court for help over journalist's sources

By artappraiser on Tue, 03/11/2014 - 1:29am |

Associated Press in Denver, March 10, 2014

Lawyers for the man charged with killing 12 people in a Colorado movie theater asked the supreme court to require a Fox News reporter to identify her sources for a story about the defendant.

The attorneys said Monday they asked the justices to review a New York state court ruling that Colorado cannot force New York-based reporter Jana Winter to reveal who told her that Holmes sent his psychiatrist a notebook containing violent images before the July 2012 attack.

Holmes’ lawyers say whoever spoke to Winter violated a gag order and should be punished. They also say that officers might have lied when they denied under oath being Winter’s sources, undermining their credibility as potential trial witnesses [....]

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http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/mar/10/james-holmes-lawyers-supreme-court