Gergel said he was concerned jurors would inadvertently hear potentially prejudicial information from the hearing if reporters were allowed to cover it, ruling that protecting Roof's right to a fair trial outweighed the media's right to view the hearing.
The three-judge panel rejected Mr. Miller's arguments that prosecutors had systematically kept black people off the jury and that the judge had allowed jurors to hear "prejudicial and unsubstantiated" testimony.
The defense also said the judge allowed jurors to hear "unfairly prejudicial, inflammatory" testimony from bombing survivors.
Pro-government media have made much of these recordings, in which some officers are heard making prejudicial statements about members of the governing party.
The Ultras sing songs all-game long, but the lyrics never include any sexism, racism, homophobia, or any of the other casual prejudicial bullshit you'd hear on many a football terrace.
This was judged too prejudicial for the jury to hear.
But Senator Gormley said yesterday that the ruling left unanswered another question: whether Mr. Verniero's announcement of the misconduct charges -- and its possibly prejudicial effect on the grand jury hearing the shooting charges -- could have been avoided altogether by sealing the first indictment until the second panel had decided whether to return an indictment.
It may reverse and remand when it concludes that new evidence likely to alter the outcome of the case has been uncovered or that there was substantial and prejudicial error in the conduct of the hearing, the determination of facts, or the interpretation or application of the Law School Code.
What they did was make me stronger, and I look forward to hearing Judge Clapp eat his, prejudicial, bigoted, dismissive words, and be forced to reverse his ruling.
Whether Diaz used marijuana or not the night of the fight, the man is entitled to a fair hearing free from snickering and prejudicial questioning.
