Publicity does not create presumption of bias, court finds

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The US 6th Circuit Court of Appeals decided in DeLisle v. Rivers that a defendant in a murder trial was not unfairly tried even though jury members had been aware of pretrial publicity. The defendant was charged with intentionally driving a car containing his family into a river, thereby killing his four children. Media reports before the trial indicated the defendant had said in a police interrogation he purposely drove the car into the river. The Court ruled that jury questionnaires and in-court questioning had ensured impartiality.

Laws, regulations and rules, Jury selection

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Media allowed to intervene to view governor's deposition

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The US Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit, in In re: Associated Press, reversed the holding of the federal district court that allowed the deposition of Illinois Gov. Jim Edgar in a criminal trial to be taken without the media in attendance. Edgar testified in Nov. 1997 in James R. Berger's criminal trial. The Court ruled that the district court erroneously placed Edgar's deposition under seal without stating a specific reason for it.

Governors, Depositions, Privileges and immunities

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Newspaper free to print time records of court-appointed lawyer

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The Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed the dissolving of a restraining order preventing newspaper publication of information from court-appointed defense counsels' records leaked to a newspaper in a capital murder trial. The court ruled the material to be of legitimate public interest, thus no rational basis existed to continue preventing newspaper publication.

Tennessee

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