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ARTICLE CONTENTS
[Pages 901-946]
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Introduction
I. Current Remedies Courts Use in High-Profile Criminal Cases to Protect Defendants’ Right to a Fair Trial
A. Gag Orders on Trial Participants
B. Prior Restraints on the Media
C. Voir Dire
D. Jury Instructions
E. Sequestration
F. Postponement
G. Change of Venue
II. New Proposals by Scholars to Protect A High-Profile Criminal Defendant’s Right to a Fair Trial from
the Dangers of Pretrial Publicity
A. The Establishment of High-Profile Courts
B. The Sheppard-Mu’Min Remedy
1. Gag Orders on Trial Participants
2. Voir Dire
III. Party Anonymity in Civil Trials
IV. Ineffectiveness of Current Devices Courts Utilize to Remedy the Effects of Pretrial Publicity on
High-Profile Criminal Cases
A. Gag Orders
B. Voir Dire
C. Jury Instructions
D. Sequestration
E. Postponement
F. Change of Venue
V. Evaluation of New Proposals by Scholars to Remedy the Prejudicial Effects of Intense Media Coverage
in High-Profile Cases
VI. Applying Party Anonymity in Criminal Trials to Protect the Rights of High-Profile Criminal Defendants
Conclusion
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