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Rights in the balance : free press, fair trial, and Nebraska Press Association v. Stuart / Mark R. Scherer ; foreword by James W. Hewitt.

Publisher's description: A multiple murder case in Nebraska in October 1975 attracted massive media attention, spawning a collision between the rights of free press and fair trial. Scherer details the criminal prosecution and the ensuing legal battles that led to a landmark constitutional rulin...

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Main Author: Scherer, Mark R.
Other Authors: Hewitt, James W.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Lubbock, Tex. : Texas Tech University Press, [2008]
Series:Plains histories.
Subjects:
Simants, Erwin Charles > Trials, litigation, etc.
Nebraska Press Association.
Free press and fair trial > United States.
Free press and fair trial > United States > Cases.
Freedom of the press > United States.
Fair trial > United States.
Trials (Murder) > Nebraska > Lincoln County.
Table of Contents:
  • A trying task to choose?
  • The crimes, the victims, the media
  • The initial legal skirmishes
  • Entering the appellate labyrinth
  • The paper war in the Supreme Court
  • May it please the Court
  • Decision and reaction
  • The continuing saga of the Simants criminal prosecutions and the legacy of Nebraska Press Association.

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