NATION IN BRIEF : WASHINGTON, D.C. : Barry Witness Jailed For Refusal to Testify
A woman was jailed for civil contempt of court after refusing to testify before a federal grand jury investigating Mayor Marion Barry. U.S. District Judge John Garrett Penn granted immunity from prosecution to Maria McCarthy of Greensboro, N.C., after she initially refused to discuss Barry with the grand jury, said her attorney, Leslie Scherr. When she still declined to testify she was ordered jailed. The jury is investigating Barry’s ties to former city employee Charles Lewis, who has testified that he supplied Barry with crack cocaine.
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