How have courts dealt with the issue of "pretrial publicity"?
"New York", United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Trovato, 2007 NY Slip Op 34547 (U) (N.Y. Cty. Ct. 2007):
pretrial publicity could inflame public opinion and taint the jury pool by exposing potential jurors to inadmissible, highly prejudicial evidence (Matter of Assoc. Press v. Bell, supra, citing Press Enterprise v. Superior Ct. of California ("Press Enterprise II"), 478 U.S. 1 (1986)).
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