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From: In the meantime, from the Ny Times:
Date: 05 Jan 2002
Time: 08:54:21
HOUSTON, Jan. 4 — Vanessa Leggett, an aspiring author jailed for more than five months for refusing to hand over her research to a grand jury, was released today from a federal detention center when the grand jury's term expired.
"Downtown Houston never looked so good," Mrs. Leggett said, opting to walk six blocks in the winter sunshine with her husband, Doak, to her lawyer's office, rather than ride.
Just how long she will remain free remains a question. Prosecutors have indicated they may convene a new grand jury within the next few weeks to compel Mrs. Leggett's testimony.
"If she should be called again as a witness, she will go through the same process again," said Terry Clark, an assistant United States attorney.
But today at least, Mrs. Leggett was heading home to her two cats and a dachshund.
"I'm still sort of reeling," Mrs. Leggett, 33, said at a news conference. "It's hard for me to believe that I'm free."
In a case that could affect the relationship between the government and the press, Mrs. Leggett was jailed for contempt of court after refusing the grand jury's request for her notes and records about a sensational 1997 murder in Houston.