Originally posted by Sava
MtG... what's you take on this matter?
MtG... what's you take on this matter?
It depends.
Defense lawyers often argue against pre-trial and trial publicity, but then, any good defense lawyer looks for excuses for appeal before the verdict comes in, just in case.
IMO, it's really questionable as to how often the defense is really hindered by press coverage compared to the extent that press coverage of the judicial process is helpful to defendants in general.
Certainly the Illinois DP moratorium and sentence reversals and exposure of the LAPD CRASH unit misconduct came about as a result of press coverage, and there are a lot more cases like that, where press attention about gaps in evidence, or police or prosecutorial misconduct, has helped defendants in a large number of cases.
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