Is there a reasonable likelihood of unfairness in the media coverage of a violent crime?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Corona v. Superior Court, 101 Cal.Rptr. 411, 24 Cal.App.3d 872 (Cal. App. 1972):
A reasonable likelihood of unfairness may exist even though the news coverage was neither inflammatory nor productive of overt hostility. (People v. Tidwell, supra, 3 Cal.3d at p. 70, 89 Cal.Rptr. 44, 473 P.2d 748.) When a spectacular crime has aroused community attention and a suspect has been arrested, the possibility
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