Document Type
Article
Publication Date
Winter 2005
Keywords
Juror bias, Pretrial publicity, High-profile trials, Laci Peterson
Disciplines
Courts | Criminal Procedure | Evidence
Abstract
Scott Peterson's jury convicted him and sentenced him to death. Whether he had a fair jury is a question that the appellate courts will confront as they review Peterson's appeal of his conviction and sentence. Would the jury have reached the same decisions if the case had not been so extensively covered in the media? Or was Scott Peterson condemned by media publicity? Whatever your verdict, the Peterson trial provides yet another example of the hurdles to fair trials in high-profile cases.
Recommended Citation
Hans, Valerie P., "Juror Bias is a Special Problem in High-Profile Trials" (2005). Cornell Law Faculty Publications. 306.
https://scholarship.law.cornell.edu/facpub/306
Publication Citation
Published in: Insights on Law & Society, vol. 5, no. 2 (Winter 2005).