What was that all about?
The headline of Monday’s (December 3, 2012) El Paso Times occupied over 34 square inches of newsprint. It was a headline, a statement, an explanation, and an oversized picture of someone who was to start his federal criminal trial that day.
The long article ran down the full column of the front page and continued for almost half of another page.
I don’t ever remember seeing the Times give this kind of treatment to a defendant in our local corruption cases on the day of his trial. My memory may be faulty.
The article said some nice things about him and also brought up some issues that don’t look so good. I came away from reading it thinking that the article was pretty balanced.
My question is why? I would think that the court would not want the jurors to be influenced. Maybe they weren’t.
I question the timing of the article and the emphasis given to it.
Maybe someone will be kind enough to enlighten me.
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