A influência da mídia no tribunal do júri face ao devido processo legal

Abstract

The aim of this work is to demonstrate the oppressive role of the media in publicizing felonious crime against human life, in which promotes bias trials, thus trespassing its informative role, deeply influencing the jury in the court of law. It shows the overwhelming role the press exerts in a country which the military dictatorship is no longer in power. This work tries to point out that when the media exceeds its purpose, it violates guiding principles of the legal process, denying the citizen a fair trial in legitimate legal proceedings. Furthermore, it examines the history and the principles of the Court of Law, demonstrating that the media rhetoric actually distances the institution from the purposes for which was created. In a democratic state based on the rule of the law, many a times, a fair trial must prevail over the freedom of expression, since this is not an absolute right.