Release denied for dying Manson follower

[zqt3344 21]

Burn baby burn, hear ye hear ye, bring on the fire torch brigade now!

As I said - it has nothing to do with sympathy.

The justice system should be insulated from the outside interference by politicians trying to protect themselves from the torches and pitchforks brigade.

[NavarreMan 10]

Totally agree with that, I don't see any place for the visual media in a court room and the press should be limited in what they can and can't say about the defendants, witnesses and alleged victims before and during the trial process. The problem is there is a conflict of intererests with the interests of the trail and due process and the interests of free speach and information. Not an easy thing to control.

It is very easy to control. Yank the licenses of stations that report speculation. Drew Peterson is a prime case of this. There have been no charges brought against Mr. Peterson yet the press has villified the man. Please remember what the press did to Richard Jewell after the Atlanta Olympic bombing. The man was never charged and was only a person of interest in the case when the media slaughtered him. We all now know that Eric Rudolph was resposible for the bombing. And this does not just pertain to the television media. All forms of news media should all be held to a high standard of integrity and resposibility. Most of them however, are nothing more than glorified versions of the National Inquirer.