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Fair Trial by Peter E. Kane is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Fair Trial about?
Annotation When murder is the crime, the clash in the courts is likely to be between two constitutionally enshrined rightsfreedom of speech and the right to a fair trial. Peter E. Kane shows what happened in seven famous court cases when First Amendment rights (concerning freedom of speech) conflicted with Sixth Amendment rights (concerning fair trial). He reports the circumstances of each crime, the court proceedings, and the conduct of the press in the trials of Sam Sheppard, Charles Manson and his followers, John Paul Stevenson, Claus von Bülow, and Arthur Shawcross and the cases involving the Kellie family and the Wayne Clapp murders. Kane's narrative and analytical approach illuminates legal principles and shows the roles of actual human beings underlying the abstractions of court opinions. In this revised and expanded edition, Kane considers two new topics stemming from recent court cases: cameras in the courtroom and a code of ethics for crime reporting. Kane explores the issue of cameras through the famous Claus von Bülow retrial, which featured live television broadcasts; regarding a journalistic code, Kane examines the massive pretrial reporting of the serial murders of
Who reads Fair Trial?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Peter E. Kane
- Publisher
- Southern Illinois University Press Chicago Distribution Center [distributor
- Published
- 1992
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780585105918
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Law, Political Science, Constitutional Law
- Rating
- 3 / 5 (1 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-24
