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Journalism and justice in the Oklahoma City bombing trials

Author
Nye, Chad F., 1970- author.
Title
Journalism and justice in the Oklahoma City bombing trials / Chad F. Nye.
Format
Book
Published
El Paso : LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC, 2014.
Description
vii, 272 pages ; 23 cm.
Uniform series
Law and society (New York, N.Y.)
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. Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Subject headings
McVeigh, Timothy--Trials, litigation, etc. Nichols, Terry, 1955---Trials, litigation, etc. Trials (Terrorism)--Oklahoma. Trials (Terrorism)--Colorado--Denver. Oklahoma City Federal Building Bombing, Oklahoma City, Okla., 1995. Free press and fair trial--United States.
ISBN
9781593327033 (hardcover : alk. paper) 159332703X (hardcover : alk. paper)

Holdings

Library
Blmgtn - Herman B Wells Library
Call Number
KF224.M37 N94 2014
Location
Wells Library - Research Coll. - Stacks
Floor
7th Floor, East Tower
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Library
South Bend - Schurz Library
Call Number
KF224.M37 N94 2014
Location
Stacks
Floor
4th Floor
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