The Las Vegas Review-Journal is demanding that authorities don’t review a slain reporter’s electronic devices and reporting materials, which were seized by authorities after his death.
Robert Telles’ stabbing of Jeff German may be related to German’s reporting of him.Telles lost the June Democratic primary in his re-election bid. He is currently being held in jail.investigation into his deathIn the letter, attorneys for the Review-Journal argued the seizure violated the federal Privacy Protection Act, which prohibits the search and seizure of work product materials and other documentary materials from journalists.
The Review-Journal requested a meeting with law enforcement officials to discuss the disposition of the seized materials. “The Review-Journal and authorities have worked cordially and in good faith since Jeff German’s killing to resolve concerns about Jeff’s phone and computers and the extremely sensitive information they contain,” Glenn Cook, the Review-Journal’s executive editor, said in a statement to The Associated Press. “But negotiations have reached an impasse.”The Clark County District Attorney’s Office did not immediately respond to an email request for comment on Friday.
Ashley Kissinger, a lawyer representing the newspaper, spoke with the District Attorney’s Office and public defender on Thursday. But so far the parties have not been able to come to an agreement, she said in an email to The Associated Press. “The stakes for a free and independent press in Nevada could not be higher,” Kissinger said in a statement to the newspaper. “Officials in law enforcement want to review information in these devices that likely would reveal the newspaper’s confidential sources at those very agencies. That happens in other countries, but not in the United States. This is precisely why we have press shield laws prohibiting this.” was working on before his death.
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