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Q1-How do media depictions of crime in the United States influence public opinion of high-profile cases? Explain your philosophy regarding media freedoms, and provide support by citing specific cases within the last 10 years.

Q2- What effect have the events of September 11 had on the role of private security in the United States and other countries? Is this change in roles good for society? Explain.

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Discussion of the media's effect upon high profile court cases,and the difference terrorism makes upon security firms in this modern age.

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http://law.jrank.org/pages/1894/Publicity-in-Criminal-Cases.html

http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-156203122.html

http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-156203122.html

http://cjp.sagepub.com/content/6/4/291.abstract

http://www.pscj.appstate.edu/media/media_preface.pdf

http://lawblog.legalmatch.com/2010/05/06/press-leaks-and-juror-influence-in-criminal-cases/

All of these listed Web sites above discuss the media influence upon criminal cases. Many of them admit that media coverage can be problematic in obtaining a fair trial for the accused. If is my considered opinion that, particularly in high-profile cases, that it should be much easier for the judge to impose media blackout ...

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