State Supreme Court: Scranton 'Times-Tribune' Reporter Can Still Protect Source

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By: MARTHA RAFFAELE The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has ruled that a newspaper reporter can keep confidential the identity of a source used in a story about a grand jury investigation into alleged prison brutality.

The high court's decision released Thursday upholds a lower court ruling that sided with Jennifer Henn and her former employer, the Times-Tribune of Scranton.

Two former Lackawanna County commissioners sued the Times-Tribune and Henn over a January 2004 story that said they were not cooperative in their appearances before the grand jury in the brutality case.

The Supreme Court says reporters cannot be forced to identify confidential sources ? a protection granted by the state's Shield Law.

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