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Tuesday, June 29, 2010
Courts - More on "Rick Pitino extortion trial judge asked to reconsider media restrictions"
Updating this ILB entry from June 26th, Andrew Wolfson reports today in the Louisville Courier Journal:
A federal judge has dropped his order barring reporters from interviewing Karen Cunagin Sypher during her July trial on charges of trying to extort money from University of Louisville men's basketball coach Rick Pitino.The Courier-Journal filed a motion last week saying that the order violated the First Amendment rights of the newspaper and of Sypher.
U.S. District Judge Charles R. Simpson III on Monday issued new guidelines that now prohibit interviewing Sypher only during court proceedings.
The previous order suggested that any reporter who interviewed Sypher anywhere could be banned from the trial.
Simpson also issued another order saying he would comply with a U.S. Supreme Court ruling on jury selection by deciding on a question-by-question basis whether prospective jurors can respond confidentially to sensitive inquiries.
The newspaper's lawyers had questioned whether closing portions of jury selection might run afoul of the Supreme Court's rules.
Posted by Marcia Oddi on June 29, 2010 12:00 PM
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