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Free Press Vs. Fair Trials
Examining Publicity's Role in Trial Outcomes
Series: Routledge Communication Series
Current research on media and the law has generally been atheoretical and contradictory. This volume explains why pretrial publicity is unlikely to affect the outcome of most jury trials, despite many experimental studies claiming to show the influence of publicity. It reviews existing literature...
Published March 17th 2005 by Routledge