Judge orders reporters jailed in BALCO subpoena case

Under the judge's order, Lance Williams and Mark Fainaru-Wada will remain out of prison until the U.S. Court of Appeals in San Francisco (9th Cir.) can hear their appeal.

The reporters could spend up to 18 months in jail -- the maximum term of confinement for civil contempt under federal rules -- for refusing to tell investigators who leaked secret grand jury testimony of several athletes, including Barry Bonds of the San Francisco Giants and Jason Giambi of the New York Yankees. The athletes were being questioned about steroid use in connection with a federal investigation of the Bay Area Laboratory Co-Operative, known as BALCO.

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