MMC 4200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Compulsory Process Clause
15 Apr 2016
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Chapter 10 the media and the judiciary. Congress shall make no law abridging the freedom of speech or of the press . Conlict between a defendant"s sixth amendment guarantee to a fair trial and an imparial jury. First amendment rights of the media to: cover notorious crimes, atend judicial proceedings. Judicial remedies: change of venue (rideau v. louisiana, change of venire, coninuance, severance, voir dire, sequestraion, judicial admoniion, new trial. Jury duty tampa judge summons jury skippers. As a mater of law, jurors are biased if they are so afected by prejudicial publicity that they cannot set aside preconceived ideas and decide a case solely on the evidence presented during a trial. Standard: case may be overturned because of prejudicial publicity only if court inds indeniiable bias in individual jurors or such an extraordinary amount of prejudicial publicity that the presumpion of prejudice is raised. Results of scieniic tests, lie detectors, blood tests, dna, ballisics.
