According to defense attorneys, preventing potentially bias-forming pre-trial publicity is now more difficult than ever. Publicity has long been a matter of contention among those arguing for fairness in the courtroom. With social media, the issue is growing. Read more on this case here.
Premature publicity completely removes the chance of a fair trial. Jurors are normal people who watch news broadcasts and read local newspapers. It would be ludicrous to suggest that they are not biased, even subconsciously, by what they see and hear in the media. The idea that randomly selected people with no training and little […]
Publishing mugshots can disproportionately impact people of color by feeding into negative stereotypes and undermining the presumption of innocence, said Johnny Perez, a formerly incarcerated New Yorker who is currently director of U.S. prison programs for the National Religious Campaign Against Torture. Read more on this case here.
Certainly there are those who are guilty of crimes, but our justice system is in bad need of reform. We incarcerate more people than any other nation in the world and now our nation is struggling to figure out how we change that. One way would be to have more fair media coverage on both […]
Despite everyone having the right to be presumed innocent until proven guilty, public statements of guilt, media coverage presenting the suspect as though they are guilty, and the use of restraints continue to be a problem across the world. Read more on this case here.
Judges sentencing convicted offenders in high-profile criminal cases in England and Wales, including murders, rapes and other serious offences, will be televised from later this year, the Ministry of Justice has said. Read more on this case here.
The lawyer may choose to respond in a traditional media outlet, on social media, or via a direct public statement, but the same rules on extrajudicial statements apply to all types of statements. The lawyer may defend his client against negative media attention and may deny allegations and correct factual inaccuracies, but whether a lawyer […]
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