Irvin v. Dowd, No. 41 (U.S. Supreme Court) (366 U.S. 717; 81 S.Ct. 1639) (June 5, 2061) (Justice Clark)
Here the Court held that pretrial publicity that would inherently prejudice the jury pool can be discerned only by reviewing both the extent and nature of the publicity and the response of the prospective jurors in voir dire.
This case involved six widely-publicized and brutal murders committed in the vicinity ...
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