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Author Nye, Chad F., 1970-

Title Journalism and justice in the Oklahoma City bombing trials / Chad F. Nye
Published El Paso : LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC, 2014

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Description 1 online resource (280 pages)
Series Law and society : recent scholarship
Law and society (New York, N.Y.)
Contents Background: two centuries of precedent -- Attorney advocacy in the press -- Cameras in the courts -- The crime and the "creeps" -- Sanctuary in the jungle -- "Demonized" defendants -- Solemnity and dignity -- "We needed a body count" -- A strip search of their psyches -- The trial of Terry Nichols -- Examining the issues -- Conclusions
Summary Nye examines the fair trial/free press issues in one of America's most infamous criminal cases - the Oklahoma City bombing. The trials of Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols were the first, and to date only, federal criminal trials conducted with live, closed-circuit cameras in the courtroom. More than 2,000 national and international journalists covered the trials through a media consortium. Through interviews with the lead attorneys for both McVeigh and Nichols, Nye exposes the difficulties defense attorneys faced defending their clients in the courtroom and also in the court of public opinion
Notes Based on the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Oklahoma, 2011, issued under title: Fair Trial/Free Press issues in the Federal Criminal Trials of Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
Print version record
Subject McVeigh, Timothy -- Trials, litigation, etc
Nichols, Terry, 1955- -- Trials, litigation, etc
SUBJECT McVeigh, Timothy fast
Nichols, Terry, 1955- fast
Subject Trials (Terrorism) -- Oklahoma
Trials (Terrorism) -- Colorado -- Denver
Oklahoma City Federal Building Bombing, Oklahoma City, Okla., 1995.
Free press and fair trial -- United States
LAW -- Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice.
Free press and fair trial
Trials (Terrorism)
Colorado -- Denver
Oklahoma
Oklahoma -- Oklahoma City
United States
Genre/Form Trials, litigation, etc.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781593327408
1593327404
159332703X
9781593327033