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#CanITweet? Guidance to courts on the limits of Broadcast Ban

February 28, 2017

Fictional tweets include: “Defendant X murder trial opens with grim details of mall killing.” “Judge’s pretrial rulings keeps out evidence of defendant’s prior violent acts.” “1st witness heard repeated pops, a scream, then saw blood oozing from security guard.” “Pathologist says guard’s body riddled with bullets; death instantaneous.”

Described by some as “Haiku journalism,” the 140-character limit of Twitter messages such as the fictional examples below, may seem to provide only short-script descriptions of legal events, but these abbreviated statements are beginning to impact court systems. As reporters and onlookers can give play-by-play-accounts of what is occurring in the courtroom and even include photos or videos on Twitter, courts are wre … [Read more...] about #CanITweet? Guidance to courts on the limits of Broadcast Ban

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