Document Type : Original Article
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Department of Law, Science and Research Unit (Boroujerd Branch), Islamic Azad University, Boroujerd, Iran
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Assistant Professor, Department of Law, Borujard Branch, Islamic Azad University, Borujard, Iran.
10.22034/mral.2023.2007213.1494
Abstract
As the main custodians of public information and awareness, mass media are obliged to fulfill their mission without any interference in criminal justice programs by complying with the regulations related to the scope of their powers and limits. In the meantime, it is sometimes observed that the media, by violating the regulations and leaving the scope of their duties and powers, create grounds for disruption in the course of criminal proceedings. In this article, we seek to investigate this issue in order to analyze the effects of media coverage of criminal cases. The results of the investigations indicate that the mass media act like a double-edged sword. They have both positive and negative functions. In one word, it is possible to make the proceedings public in the media, avoid delaying the proceedings and reduce the influence of various factors in the proceedings as the positive aspects of the media coverage of criminal cases and making the proceedings public in the media, avoiding delaying the proceedings, reducing influence. Various factors in the proceedings, the disclosure of the identity of the accused, the weakening of the rights of the accused, the weakening of the fair proceedings, the reduction of the judge's authority in the proceedings and rushed proceedings were considered as the negative effects of media coverage of criminal cases.
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