Novice Crime Writer Takes First Amendment Case to Federal Appeals Court

A novice crime writer at the center of a First Amendment dispute took her case to the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals where at least one judge was skeptical about her refusal to surrender notes about a 1997 murder. Vanessa Leggett has spent nearly a month in jail for failing to hand over the notes that contain information about the shooting and ensuing jailhouse suicide of a suspect.

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