In Sheppard v. Maxwell, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled the trial judge should have guaranteed Dr. Sheppard a fair trial by:

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The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Sheppard v. Maxwell that the trial judge should have guaranteed Dr. Sheppard a fair trial by controlling the press in the courtroom and changing the venue of the trial if necessary. These actions would have helped ensure that both the judge and the jury were not influenced by outside sources and able to make an impartial decision. Imposing restraining orders preventing the press from publishing information about the case would have gone beyond what was necessary to ensure a fair trial and potentially violated the First Amendment right to freedom of the press.

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