Authors

Cleveland Press

Files

Download

Download Full Text (394 KB)

Document Type

Article

Box Number

17C

Item Number

17c_541023_1

Keywords

Cleveland Press, Sheppard v. Maxwell

Abstract

In Sheppard v. Maxwell, the Court devoted a paragraph to this article, describing it as a "flagrant episode" in the intense publicity at the time of the trial. The story ran while the jury was being selected. Every juror, except one, testified at voir dire to having read stories about case in the newspaper or hearing news broadcasts about it. Seven of the twelve jurors reported having one or more newspapers delivered to their homes. The Court held that the jury was not given strong enough instructions to avoid newspapers, radio programs and TV news reporting on the Sheppard murder.

54/10/23 But Who Will Speak for Marilyn?

Share

COinS
 
 

To view the content in your browser, please download Adobe Reader or, alternately,
you may Download the file to your hard drive.

NOTE: The latest versions of Adobe Reader do not support viewing PDF files within Firefox on Mac OS and if you are using a modern (Intel) Mac, there is no official plugin for viewing PDF files within the browser window.