NATION : Judge Orders Reporter Jailed
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From Times Wire Services
CORPUS CHRISTI, Tex. — A judge ordered a newspaper reporter to jail today for refusing to reveal all of her conversations with a murder defendant.
State District Judge Eric Brown found reporter Libby Averyt of the Corpus Christi Caller-Times in contempt of court Thursday for refusing to answer a defense attorney’s inquiries about her interviews with Jermarr Arnold.
Arnold faces trial in the 1983 slaying of 21-year-old jewelry store clerk Christina Sanchez.
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