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Journalism and justice in the Oklahoma City bombing trials /

Nye examines the fair trial/free press issues in one of America's most infamous criminal cases - the Oklahoma City bombing. The trials of Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols were the first, and to date only, federal criminal trials conducted with live, closed-circuit cameras in the courtroom. Mor...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Nye, Chad F., 1970-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: El Paso : LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC, 2014.
Colección:Law and society (New York, N.Y.)
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Background: two centuries of precedent
  • Attorney advocacy in the press
  • Cameras in the courts
  • The crime and the "creeps"
  • Sanctuary in the jungle
  • "Demonized" defendants
  • Solemnity and dignity
  • "We needed a body count"
  • A strip search of their psyches
  • The trial of Terry Nichols
  • Examining the issues
  • Conclusions.