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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In order for a gag order aimed at media coverage of legal proceedings to be constitutionally valid, all three conditions must be met. The trial judge must specifically find that a gag order would prevent the danger of prejudicial influence, that pretrial publicity about the case would be intense and pervasive, and that there are no alternative measures that would work to offset the effects of the publicity.

Gag Orders Aimed at Media Coverage of Legal Proceedings Can