[Fair trial, free press].

A discussion of the American Bar Association's "Reardon Report" concerning the tension between the right to a fair trial and current and potential restrictions on the press in publicizing criminal cases before they are tried. Anchor Frank Reynolds hosts. Experts in the U.S. and Great Britain convers...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: ABC Television Network
Other Authors: Reynolds, Frank, 1923-1983 (Moderator)
Meyer, Bernard S. (Bernard Stern), 1916-2005 (Speaker)
Hanson, Arthur B., 1916- (Speaker)
Getty, Gerald W. (Speaker)
Devlin, Patrick, Baron, 1905-1992 (Speaker)
West, Rebecca, 1892-1983 (Speaker)
Language:English
Published: [1967]
Subjects:
Free press and fair trial > United States.
Panel discussions.
Nonfiction television programs.
Genre:
Panel discussions.
Nonfiction television programs.
Physical Description:1 electronic audio file (48 min., 27 sec.) : digital, WAV file.
Format: Audio Software
Description
Summary:
A discussion of the American Bar Association's "Reardon Report" concerning the tension between the right to a fair trial and current and potential restrictions on the press in publicizing criminal cases before they are tried. Anchor Frank Reynolds hosts. Experts in the U.S. and Great Britain converse via satellite connection. Protections of the Sixth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution are discussed along with steps already taken in England to protect the accused from an unfair trial.
Note:Electronic resource.
Call Number:M1230-M1231 bd.1
Voice 9873
Playing Time:00:48:27
Participant or Performer:
Panelists, Bernard S. Meyer (New York Supreme Court Justice), Arthur B. Hanson (General Counsel for the American Newspaper Publishers Association), Gerald W. Getty (Public Defender of Cook County, IL), Lord Patrick Devlin (former Lord Justice of the British Court of Appeals), Dame Rebecca West (journalist and author).
Event Details:
Boradcast on ABC-TV, May 18, 1967.
Source of Description:
Description based on open-reel tape version record.