A prominent doctor wakes up to his wife brutally murdered and there are two options here: he did it, or someone else got away with the perfect murder. But this case goes down in history for even more than that. It is a foundational case on how we navigate the balance between freedom of the press, and the right to a fair trial. My friends, we are going to SCHOOL today.
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Sources for this episode:
https://www.mtsu.edu/first-amendment/article/334/sheppard-v-maxwell
https://case.edu/ech/articles/s/sheppard-murder-case