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Can the reporters privilege protect sources or unpublished information in criminal cases?

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Can the reporters privilege protect sources or unpublished information in criminal cases?

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Yes. As noted by the California Supreme Court, “The threat to the autonomy of the press is posed as much by a criminal prosecutor as by other litigants.” The reporter’s privilege has been applied when journalists have information useful to prosecutors, even where the source is accused of first-degree murder, and has confessed to the reporter. However, this is not a criminal case.

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