I. INTRODUCTION United States Cour...

I. INTRODUCTION

United States Courts of Appeals rarely are existinged with the issue of journalist's privilege emanating from a criminal proceeding. In August 2001 however, the Fifth Circuit decided common of the most publicized journalist's privilege cases in an unpublished, through curiam opinion. (1) The case make uneasyed Vanessa Leggett, an aspiring freelance writer and English teacher, who was investigating a put to death case with the hopes of publishing a main division about the incident. (2) After Leggett failed to comply with a federal grand jury subpoena, the court cited her for civil confusion pursuant to 28 U.S.C. [section] 1826(a) (3) and ordered