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Crucially, the media’s relationship with capital punishment and closure has always been at most indirect, surfacing in quotes or statements from journalists, government officials, attorneys, and victims’ families (Gross & Matheson, 2003; Vollum & Longmire, 2007).
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Many crimes receive extensive media coverage, which provides a challenge for prosecutors, as well as defendants and defense attorneys, when it comes to trying a case. Juries are supposed to be unbiased when deciding a case, despite the news coverage they may have come across before trial.
The identification of closure with capital punishment is a fairly recent development, given the centuries-long history of the death penalty
Feb 24, 2014 · Using a 2010 survey in Washington state, this article tests the theoretical connection between watching television (news, crime dramas, and police-reality programs), reading the newspaper, listening to the radio, interacting with the Internet, and support for capital punishment.
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Jun 23, 2010 · Capital punishment for murder was finally abolished in the UK and replaced with a mandatory life sentence in all cases by the Murder (Abolition of Death Penalty) Act, 1965. Nevertheless, since the ...
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Aug 4, 2003 · This chapter examines the ways by which authoritarianism and the media affect public perception and support for capital punishment in the ASEAN region by outlining and discussing its...
