Prosecutors Turn Tables on Student Journalists

New York Times by Monica Davey | Oct. 25, 2009

() The Medill Innocence Project has been scrutinizing the work of law enforcement for decades. Now prosecutors say they want to scrutinize the students’ methods. Full Story »

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 by Chris Finnie - Oct. 27, 2009

Interestingly, the one thing that would provide a convincing argument for protection as journalists is never mentioned: Did the students write up the results of their investigations as articles? The argument that they were working as an investigative agency is more persuasive if they did not.

The whole thing raises chilling issues of strong-arm tactics by law-enforcement agencies.

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