WUSTL Film and Media Archive

Title Work

Title No: 24018

Title: Sheppard case : free press vs. fair trial by jury

Alternate Titles:

Free press vs. fair trial by jury

Our living Bill of Rights

Medium: Moving Image

Original Medium: Film

Date: 1970 (Release)

Original Summary:

"In 1954, in Cleveland, Dr. Sam Sheppard was convicted of murder and sentenced to life imprisonment. His case was a dramatic example of a conflict of constitutional rights. A thin line exists between the rights of the press and news media to cover the trial and the rights of the accused man to a fair and unprejudiced trial" - Summary from Worldcat.

Countries of Origin: U.S.A.

Duration: 27 min

Genres: Educational

Subjects: Press; Crime; Free press and fair trial

Name As Subjects: Sheppard, Sam

Credits:

	Role	Name
	Production Company	Encyclopaedia Britannica Educational Corporation

Items ^x2

	Item	Description
	24018-1	Safety Film : Viewing print
	24018-2	Safety Film : Viewing print

Contained By ^x1

	Title No	Title
	4819	St. Louis Public Schools educational film library