Paper allowed to print photo of juvenile murder suspect: Rehnquist denies appeal to 13-year-old boy charged in mobile home fire

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The North Carolina Supreme Court vacated a lower court order in A Minor Charged in this Proceeding ex rel. Mitchell v. Fayetteville Observer-Times and allowed the media to publish the name and likeness of a 13-year-old arson and murder suspect. The trial court had closed the case and restrained the press from publishing any information about the suspect, even though his photo and name had already been released, because the court felt fair trial rights were at risk. The Supreme Court of North Carolina agreed with the press and found that the trial court's orders were prior restraints.

Juvenile homicide

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Contempt conviction of paper, publisher for violating judge's gag order overturned

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The Kansas Supreme Court ruled in State v. Alston that a gag order and subsequent contempt order levied against the Atchison Daily Globe constituted a prior restraint that the trial court had failed to justify. To closed court proceedings to reporting, there must be demonstration of harm to fair trial rights and less restrictive means of protecting these rights must be exhausted first. The Court stated that media organizations should appeal injunctions before publishing and violating a gag order, even if it is apparently unconstitutional.

Kansas

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CNN airs apology, pays fine for violating court order

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US District Court for the Southern District of Florida Judge William Hoeveler found in United States v. Cable News Network that CNN was guilty of criminal contempt in airing tapes from Manuel Noriega's trial in violation of a court order. Hoeveler ruled that his instructions were adequate and that the fair trial implications of releasing such information were sufficiently compelling. CNN's sentence was to pay an $85,000 fine and air an admission that it was in error in broadcasting the tapes.

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