Jackson gag order 'must stay': Prosectors

Attacking the news media for pandering to a “gossip-hungry” audience, Santa Barbara County prosecutors has urged the state Supreme Court to uphold a gagging order in the Michael Jackson child molestation case.

Jackson gag order 'must stay': Prosectors
Fri, 14 May, 2004 - 10:01

Attacking the news media for pandering to a “gossip-hungry” audience, Santa Barbara County prosecutors has urged the state Supreme Court to uphold a gagging order in the Michael Jackson child molestation case.

They said the court-imposed order was important to maintain an untainted pool of potential jurors.

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