Gag Orders Aimed at Media Coverage of Legal Proceedings Can

question 3

Multiple Choice

Gag orders aimed at media coverage of legal proceedings can be constitutionally valid only in extremely rare circumstances,when the trial judge specifically finds that

• A)a gag order on the media would indeed operate to prevent the danger of prejudicial influence.
• B)pretrial publicity about the case would be intense and pervasive.
• C)no alternative measures would work to offset the effects of the publicity.
• D)All of the above

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Definitions:

Alternative Hypothesis

The hypothesis that is tested against the null hypothesis in statistical hypothesis testing, representing a statement that indicates some effect or difference.

Critical Value

A threshold value in hypothesis testing that defines the boundary for rejecting the null hypothesis; it is determined by the chosen significance level.

Null Hypothesis

In statistics, it posits that there is no effect or difference among the groups being studied or variables being compared.

Alpha

In hypothesis testing, alpha level represents the threshold for rejecting the null hypothesis, often set at 0.05 or 5% risk of Type I error.