Recently, millions of people across our communities have come together in an historic movement that calls for fundamental change addressing systemic racism. We asked lawyers to tell us what this moment in American racial, social, and legal justice refor
Recently, millions of people across our communities have come together in an historic movement that calls for fundamental change addressing systemic racism. We asked lawyers to tell us what this moment in American racial, social, and legal justice refor
Two days after Kyle Rittenhouse was found not guilty of all charges related to killing two men and wounding a third during unrest in Kenosha, dozens gathered.
howard: in the days before a kenosha jury acquitted kyle rittenhouse, judge bruce schrader unloaded on the coverage. when i talked about problems with the media when in this trial started, you re there in part because of grossly irresponsible handling of what can comes out of this trial that s really quite frightening. howard: joining us now from new york, alan dershowitz, author of the book the case for vaccine mandates. you were ripping the coverage saying that cnn and other networks were acting like vigilantes. explain. this is the worst case of coverage of a criminal trial in more than a half century that i have been observing media obsessions with criminal trials including the o.j. simpson case.
though the facts didn t fit the scenario and the narrative. howard: right. i don t have a problem with people criticizing aspects of the trial, but it was more like this sends a terrible message to americans, to other people who might take the law into their own hands. you felt so strongly about the evidence of self-defense that you said this should never even have gone to a jury trial. but in a way, isn t it a good thing, the fact that it was televised, that people got to see the details so they understood why he was found not guilty on all counts? yeah. thank god for live coverage of trials. it s a check and balance on media. because don lemon can t get away with saying they were crocodile tears when millions of people watched him and believed him. and so the the actual televising of trials is a protection. it protects against the media mischaracterizing the case. look, in many cases when you see the case live on television the, you know it s going to come out a certain way.