MMC 4200 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Fair Trial, Jury Selection, Gag Order
30 Oct 2014
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Courts attempt to balance the right of the media and public to attend trials (1st. Changing location of venue: trial moved to another city; new judge and jury are from the new place. Change of venire: picking jury from another location and moving them to a trial"s location (unconstitutional in fl) Voir dire: process of jury selection, must be fair for both prosecutor and defense. Sequestration: put jurors out of reach of media, exposure to media. Continuance: push trial back some, so the publicity dies down. Severance: 2 defendants work together, dense can petition to have separate trials. How many states allow cameras in their courtrooms? (make sure you get this info from book. By 2008, 43 states allowed tv coverage of trials on appellate proceedings. As of 2008, cameras were not allowed in federal trial courts, but oral arguments will be released within hours after the conclude (as of 2006) Restraints on the news media gag orders.
