FAC Leads Press Coalition in Stockton After Sheriff Threatens to Investigate Journalists

The First Amendment Coalition, the Northern California Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists, and the Pacific Media Workers Guild News Guild-CWA Local 39521 wrote to San Joaquin County Sheriff Patrick Withrow to express concern over his comment that journalists who lawfully obtained documents from the San Joaquin County Superior Court could be exposed to criminal investigation or prosecution for having “conspired to break the law.”