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A Murder that Mattered: Sam Sheppard, the Supreme Court, and Free Press/Fair Trial

“…58 Jurors were not sequestered until it was time to deliberate. 59 In the midst of the trial, Walter Winchell broadcast a radio In Sheppard v. Maxwell (1966) the Supreme Court of the United States released Sheppard and ordered a retrial. Writing for the Court, Justice Tom Clark held that when prejudicial publicity presents a "reasonable likelihood" of a threat to a fair trial, a judge should consider a continuance or a change of venue.…”