Prof. Kitrosser Quoted by MPR on Public and Press Access Restrictions in Upcoming Murder Trial

Minnesota Public Radio recently cited Professor Kitrosser’s views on the first amendment implications of public and press access restrictions in the upcoming murder trial of former Minneapolis police officer Mohamed Noor. As MPR reported, “Kitrosser said the judge’s restrictions raise First Amendment problems. Legal precedent assumes the press and general public may attend criminal trials like Noor’s, Kitrosser said, except under very narrow circumstances.” MPR also quoted Professor Kitrosser directly, to the effect that “‘the restrictions sound extreme enough that [affected news organizations] would have a good case that this raises First Amendment problems.’”