Journalist Jailed For Defying Order Will Be Freed Soon
This article is from the archive of The New York Sun before the launch of its new website in 2022. The Sun has neither altered nor updated such articles but will seek to correct any errors, mis-categorizations or other problems introduced during transfer.
SAN FRANCISCO — A freelance videographer who spent more time behind bars than any other journalist for refusing to testify to a grand jury is expected to be freed after reaching a deal with prosecutors, lawyers said yesterday.
Joshua Wolf, 24, posted the unaired videotape online that he had refused to give federal authorities, defense lawyer David Greene said. He said Mr. Wolf could be freed later yesterday after doing so.
Mr. Wolf spent more than seven months in a federal prison after declining a subpoena to turn over his videotape of a 2005 San Francisco street protest during the G–8 summit.
