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.

Publication Citation

Published in: Insights on Law & Society, vol. 5, no. 2 (Winter 2005).

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