Trial Ordered Over Right of San Francisco Television Station to Broadcast Execution
From a Times Staff Writer
SAN FRANCISCO — A federal judge Friday refused to throw out a lawsuit seeking an unprecedented court order that would permit an execution to be televised by a San Francisco television station.
U.S. District Judge Robert H. Schnacke rejected a bid by state authorities to dismiss the suit, saying there must be “appropriate balancing†between concerns over security and privacy surrounding an execution and the rights of a free press. A non-jury trial on the issue was set for March 25.
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