07.16.2009 11:36 am

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St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Editors this morning shut down readers’ ability to comment on the story “Drugs played no role in Coleman slayings.” Before the shutdown, the story drew 1,189 comments. Many of them were inappropriate, some vulgar.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch and STLtoday.com staffers try…

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05.21.2009 3:46 pm

Judge considers ban on news photos of lawmaker in handcuffs

By Steve Parker

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

A federal judge in New Jersey is considering banning a newspaper and a TV station from showing an arrested lawmaker in handcuffs because the images might prejudice his chance for a fair trial.

According to Newsday — the newspaper involved — the…

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Judge considers ban on news photos of lawmaker in handcuffs

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