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Originally Posted by corpus vile
By that rationale any press conference held during due process amounts to an unfair due process including for the BTK killer & Washington Snipers to name but a few. Juries aren't sequestered for all cases & press conferences are allowed. Whether it influences juries or not is a separate issue- as it stands it's allowed by the system & doesn't equate objectively to an unfair due process, within the paradigm.
No.
But it does appear that folks with some legal background found Kratz's lurid press conference to be outrageous:
Wisconsin's rules of professional conduct for prosecutors resemble those that are recommended by the American Bar Association.
Prosecutors are not supposed to be making public statements prior to a defendant's trial regarding the following areas:
"The character, credibility, reputation or criminal record of a party, suspect in a criminal investigation or witness, or the identity of a witness, or the expected testimony of a party or witness."
"The identity or nature of physical evidence expected to be presented."
"Any opinion as to the guilt or innocence of a defendant or suspect in a criminal case or proceeding that could result in deprivation of liberty."
"Information the lawyer knows or reasonably should know is likely to be inadmissible evidence in a trial and would, if disclosed, create a substantial risk of prejudicing an impartial trial."
http://www.postcrescent.com/story/ne...ical/78630248/