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1. The definition of an impartial juror under the law is one who
2. When a change of venue is granted in a state court, the judge is free to move the trial
3. Social science evidence has shown conclusively
4. The names and addresses of jurors in a criminal case
5. When a court orders a change of veniremen, this means
6. Which of the following pretrial stories would not be regarded by most judges as being prejudicial to a
criminal defendant?
7. A trial judge has an absolute right to bar a juror from
8. Since the Supreme Court ruling in the Nebraska Press Association case, restrictive orders against the press
9. Under the rule enunciated in Nebraska Press Association v. Stuart, a judge may consider imposing a
restrictive order against the press if
10. What are three processes or legal devices a trial judge can use to try to ameliorate or remedy the effects of
mass media publicity about a case?
11. What must a trial judge do before he or she can issue a restrictive order against the press during a criminal
proceeding?
12. Media coverage of crime and criminal trials has increased in recent years as the press spends less time
reporting on domestic or foreign policy issues.
13. Sequestration of jurors has become much more common in criminal trials since the first O.J. Simpson trial.
14. Most attorneys say that people who make the best jurors are generally well aware of what is going on in the
community.
15. The Supreme Court of the United States first suggested the idea of using restrictive orders to control the
press coverage of a criminal case in the wake of the O.J. Simpson murder trial in Los Angeles.
16. The publication before a trial of reports that the defendant has confessed to the crime is permissible because
such confessions are always truthful.
17. Because of the power of the mass media today, most judges doubt that the voir dire process is effective in
screening out potentially prejudicial jurors.
18. The press is never permitted to challenge a restrictive order aimed at trial participants because it lacks
standing.
19. In Nebraska Press Association v. Stuart, the Supreme Court ruled that restrictive orders aimed at the
participants in the trial are unconstitutional.
20. The concept of the restrictive order was developed for the trial of Lee Harvey Oswald for killing President
John Kennedy.
21. The Supreme Court has ruled that defense lawyers can, in some circumstances, be barred from making
statements about a pending case.
22. Judges have broad authority to bar jurors from speaking with reporters after a trial.
