A Colorado judge has deferred a decision on whether a FoxNews.com reporter must reveal her sources of face the possibility of jail time.
Last summer, the reporter, Jana Winter, reported on a package Aurora shooter James Holmes sent to a University of Colorado psychiatrist that included a notebook “full of details about how he was going to kill people.” In the report, Winter cited a “law enforcement source.”
District Court Judge Carlos Samour Jr. ruled that the issue facing FoxNews.com reporter Jana Winter is not “ripe” for a final decision. In his order, released late Monday, he wrote that he will not rule on requiring Winter’s testimony until he first decides on whether a notebook mailed by James Holmes to a psychiatrist will be admissible as evidence in Holmes’ murder trial.
The ruling comes amid court hearings where Holmes is accused of murdering 12 people and injuring 58 in a July 20, 2012, shooting rampage at an Aurora, Colo., movie theater.
