Publicity Criminal Cases Law Research Paper Essay

Publicity Criminal Cases
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Publicity Criminal Cases
Penn State v. Jerry Sandusky was one of the high publicity controversial criminal cases. Sandusky was an assistant coach of the Nittany Lions Football Club. He served for more than 15 years. In 2011, the coach was indicted for child sexual abuse. He bought expensive gifts for teenagers, such as snowboards, watches, and golf clubs, to seduce them before abusing them sexually (ABC News, 2012). Moreover, the coach wrote love letters to some of the teenagers. On 22nd June 2012, Sandusky was convicted on forty-five counts of child molestation and sentenced to at least 30 years in prison.
State of Florida v. George Zimmerman was another highly publicized criminal case. On one evening in February 2012, Zimmerman spotted Trayvon Martin, an African American aged 17 years, walking leisurely (Mortimer, 2012). Since it was dark and raining, the boy was in a hooded sweatshirt. He was going home from his father’s fiancйe and he carried a watermelon juice cooler and a skittle bag. Without any evidence that Martin was armed, Zimmerman reported to the police of a suspicious person whom he did not recognize. As such, he shot the boy who died in cold blood. On 11th April 2012, Zimmerman was charged wit...