What role does the media play in criminal trials?

Posted by admin on February 14th, 2010 and filed under media | 1 Comment »

I was just wondering, what happens when the media has constant coverage of a murder trial that will happen in the near future.

Does that do anything?
I was just wondering, because Conrad Murray is about to be sent to court for manslaughter of Michael Jackson, and the media is always talking about it.

I thought that when the media gets involved, the case in unfair because the jury/judge has prior knowledge? I know nothing about the law.

Conrad Murray would have no problem exonerating himself. He simply was with MJ when the pop star died, and he gave MJ prescriptions, but to prove he was the reason for MJ’s death, meaning killing him, is simply creating a media circus very much like the OJ trial, and LA doesn’t need that at the moment.

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  1. mac Says:

    Conrad Murray would have no problem exonerating himself. He simply was with MJ when the pop star died, and he gave MJ prescriptions, but to prove he was the reason for MJ’s death, meaning killing him, is simply creating a media circus very much like the OJ trial, and LA doesn’t need that at the moment.
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