Lawyers to renew push for reporter's sources in Colorado shooting case

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Lawyers to renew push for reporter's sources in Colorado shooting case

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/lawyers-renew-push-reporter-39-sources-colorado-shooting-040114276.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/EO1deFj7EcTG.4n1RcdbeA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2014-02-01T040114Z_1_CBREA100B6800_RTROPTP_2_USA-SHOOTING-DENVER.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="James Holmes sits in court for an advisement hearing at the Arapahoe County Justice Center in Centennial" align="left" title="James Holmes sits in court for an advisement hearing at the Arapahoe County Justice Center in Centennial" border="0" /></a>By Keith Coffman DENVER (Reuters) - An attorney for accused Colorado movie theater gunman James Holmes said on Friday that the defense will petition the U.S. Supreme Court to force a reporter to divulge confidential sources she used for a story about the massacre. The move comes in response to a ruling in December by the New York State Court of Appeals that a state shield law for journalists protected the New York-based reporter for Fox News, Jana Winter, from revealing her confidential sources. Holmes has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity, and prosecutors have said they will seek the death penalty if he is convicted. Days after the massacre, Fox News published an online story from Winter that said a notebook Holmes sent to a psychiatrist contained his plans to commit mass murder.</p><br clear="all"/>

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