Notoriety and the Media in Criminal Trials “I don’t have a gun, stop shooting!” These last words of Michael Brown, a black teenager shot and killed by a police officer in Ferguson, Missouri, resonated with and outraged millions of Americans (@1). His case, like many others, has become popular in the recent years. Through the use of social media, footage of police shootings has increased significantly, creating profound and lasting effects in not only society, but in the legal system as well. This begs the question
Mass media has an appetite for heinous and abnormal crimes, resulting in extensive notoriety in criminal cases, which in turn affects the proceedings of criminal court. To begin with, criminal proceedings are normally initiated
Mass media has an appetite for heinous and abnormal crimes, resulting in extensive notoriety in criminal cases, which in turn affects the proceedings of criminal court. To begin with, criminal proceedings are normally initiated