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| Jury selection process that reduces problem of prejudicial publicity. |
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| Where a judge will move a trial out of the jurisdiction the crime occurred in order to protect the 6th amendment rights (right to a fair trial) of the individual. |
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| Judge keeps trial in same location, BUT imports jurors from other parts of the state. |
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| Judge delays the trial to prevent jurors from being influenced by news reports about the case and reduce press attention. |
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| JUDGES DIRECTIVES TO JURY |
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| Where judge reminds jurors not to read press reports and not to discuss merits of the case with anyone until trial is over. |
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| Judge orders 12 jurors and alternates to stay at a hotel after trial sessions, supplied by deputy and sheriff protections, until trial is over. |
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| Journalists in the courtroom can't disclose certain information obtained during trial sessions until the trial concludes. |
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| When all safeguards fail and the judge decides that the only way to prevent prejudicial publicity is to bar members of the press and public from the courtroom. |
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| The central concern of a free press trial. If press discloses info about crime/defendant/background/investigation the concern is it will taint the verdict hindering the jury process. |
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| For a subpoena to be constitutional, there has to be evidence that there is probable cause that a journalist's private information is relevant to the commission of a crime. |
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| Tried by newspaper, result of Shepard V. Maxwell. |
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| When the work has a tendency to deprave and corrupt child or sensitive adult, then the distributors are denied first amendment rights. |
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