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Lawyer: Jailed Freelance Journalist Josh Wolf To Be Freed

Josh Wolf in September 2006

Federal prosecutors asked a U.S. district judge in San Francisco Tuesday to release Josh Wolf, a freelance journalist who has been jailed for more than seven months for contempt of court for refusing to give information to a federal grand jury.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Jeffrey Finigan filed a brief request with U.S. District Judge William Alsup Tuesday morning saying that Wolf had produced materials "responsive to the grand jury subpoena."

Finigan wrote, "Accordingly, the government respectfully requests that this court release Mr. Wolf from custody."

Wolf is the longest-jailed journalist in U.S. history in a civil contempt of court case.

One of Wolf's lawyers, Martin Garbus, said that if Alsup signs a proposed order, Wolf could be freed from a federal prison in Dublin as early as Tuesday.

posted by Fergie @ 4/03/2007 12:59:00 PM