Regarding the Right to a Public Trial, All of the Following

question 59

Multiple Choice

Regarding the right to a public trial, all of the following are true except:

• A) it is a personal right that only defendants may invoke.
• B) the press and public have a right of access to criminal trials.
• C) the right of access applies to pretrial proceedings as well as to the trial itself.
• D) press and public access includes jury deliberations.

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