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Casey Anthony trial: Focus group 'acquits' Anthony on CBS show - OS
by mom_in_il Tue Apr 12, 2011 11:18 pm
Casey Anthony trial: Focus group 'acquits' Anthony on CBS show
Segment will be part of '48 Hours Mystery' on forensics evidence
Hal Boedeker, Staff writer
5:58 p.m. EDT, April 12, 2011
Excerpt:
CBS' "48 Hours Mystery" returns to the Casey Anthony case with a twist this weekend that is causing a furor: The program asks an Orlando focus group if it would acquit the young mother of first-degree murder.
The result of the jury-like group: CBS says most of the 12 people would acquit.
The program's unusual approach is "shameful," said Al Tompkins, an instructor at the Poynter Institute, a school for journalists. "We have a system in the United States that works pretty well. It's a system of discovery, of hearings, of cross examinations, and it's worked pretty darn well for a long time. We have no business trying this case."
READ MORE: http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/caylee-anthony/os-casey-anthony-cbs-20110412,0,5029059.story
Segment will be part of '48 Hours Mystery' on forensics evidence
Hal Boedeker, Staff writer
5:58 p.m. EDT, April 12, 2011
Excerpt:
CBS' "48 Hours Mystery" returns to the Casey Anthony case with a twist this weekend that is causing a furor: The program asks an Orlando focus group if it would acquit the young mother of first-degree murder.
The result of the jury-like group: CBS says most of the 12 people would acquit.
The program's unusual approach is "shameful," said Al Tompkins, an instructor at the Poynter Institute, a school for journalists. "We have a system in the United States that works pretty well. It's a system of discovery, of hearings, of cross examinations, and it's worked pretty darn well for a long time. We have no business trying this case."
READ MORE: http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/caylee-anthony/os-casey-anthony-cbs-20110412,0,5029059.story
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