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Freelance journalist freed after lengthy jail stay.(Main)

Article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY) Article date: April 4, 2007

SAN FRANCISCO - A freelance videographer walked out of federal prison Tuesday after spending more time behind bars than any other journalist for refusing to testify to a grand jury.

Joshua Wolf, 24, in a deal with prosecutors, posted online the videotape that he had refused to give authorities, his lawyer David Greene said. U.S. District Judge William Alsup, who had jailed Wolf for 226 days, had approved his release earlier in the day.

Wolf spent more than seven months in a federal prison in Dublin, Calif., after refusing ...

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