In the first-ever challenge of Connecticut’s 2006 media shield law, a Stamford prosecutor failed to force an Associated Press reporter to testify about his jailhouse interview with the so-called “Dinnertime Bandit” of Greenwich.
Following an Aug. 1 hearing, Stamford Superior Court Judge John F. Kavanewsky Jr. ruled last week that the shield law, which allows prosecutors to use reporters’ notes or testimony only as a last resort, applied in this case.
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