Press Photographers and the Courtroom—Canon Thirty-five and Freedom of the Press

At this stage in our enlightened history, no defense would seem to be necessary for securing the liberty of the press against those who would seek to impair or destroy it. We have learned from the experience of others that without a free, courageous, and vigilant press, our system of government cannot function. Fraud, corruption, and dishonesty in and out of government would flourish undetected. Injustice and indifference to the rights of the accused in the courts would thrive unchecked. Poverty, slums, and other evil conditions would go unnoticed and uncorrected. For these reasons, it has been said that next to a fair trial by jury, freedom of the press is the most precious right which the people possess under our Bill of Rights. We need not debate this point with those who would rank first in the order of priority, freedom of speech, freedom of religion, the right to privacy or any other freedom guaranteed by the Bill of Rights. It would be as fruitless to do so as to debate whether the chicken or the egg came first—or whether the man with the pad and pencil has a more important role in the press than the man with the clicking camera. By good fortune I need not furnish an opinion on this last question today. What alternative would I have in the face of the oft quoted maxim that one picture is worth a thousand words! I should like to trace the remarkable growth of photography in the press, its overwhelming influence upon the people, and its equally great responsibility to them

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Order Cetacea, Suborder Odontoceti, Superfamily Delphinoidea, Family Phocoenidae. Four species are included in the genus. No subspecies are recognized in P. sinus

Constitutional Law - Exclusionary Rule of Mapp v. Ohio Held Not to Operate Retroactively Upon Cases Finally Decided Prior to Mapp. Linkletter v. Walker (U.S. .1965)

This recent case discusses Linkletter v. Walker (U.S.1965

The Vaquita: Can It Survive?

The vaquita (Spanish for little cow ), or Gulf of California harbor porpoise (Phocoena sinus), has the most limited range of any marine cetacean and is probably the rarest. It has been caught incidentally in gill nets set commercially for totoaba (Totoaba macdonaldi), large fish that were over-exploited in the upper Gulf of California until they, too, were endangered. In 1975. the Mexican Government announced a total indefinite closure on fishing for totoaba, Between the time this porpoise was described as new to science (1958) and its listing by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service as Endangered (early 1985), the vaquita was known from only 26 confirmed records (partial remains found on beaches) and a few sightings of live animals. (Note: the vernacular name cochito was cited when this animal was listed, but biologists have since learned that vaquita is the term used by most local fishermen.) The Endangered Species Technical Bulletin story about its listing (see BULLETIN Vol. X No. 2) said the species was on the brink of extinction if it still exists

Getting to know you: Identification of pygmy killer whales (Feresa attenuata) and melon-headed whales (Peponocephala electra) under challenging conditions

Melon-headed whale (Peponocephala electra) and Pygmy killer whale (Feresa attenuata) are very poorly known species and are often confused with each other. We examined in detail Figure 3 in MARIGO and GIFFONI (2010) who reported that two melon-headed whales were taken in a surface driftnet about 90 nm off Santos, Brazil. We concluded they were in fact pygmy killer whales and explain our reasoning. To aid in future identifications, we illustrate and describe some of the main differences between these two species of small cetaceans. The incident reported by MARIGO and GIFFONI (2010) might represent the 'tip of the iceberg' regarding the incidental catches of cetaceans by pelagic drift nets off Brazil. Offshore driftnetting operating along the south-southeastern coast of Brazil may threaten pygmy killer whales.A orca-pigmeia (Feresa attenuata) era conhecida por poucos registros há não mais que 60 anos atrás, mas, apesar do número de registros ter crescido recentemente em todos os oceanos tropicais, F. attenuata é ainda considerada uma espécie pouco estudada. No Brasil, mesmo em base a um pequeno número de registros, presume-se sua distribuição como pelágica. Neste trabalho discutimos o registro de captura acidental de duas 'blackfish' (F. attenuata e Peponocephala electra) na costa norte de São Paulo, publicado na Figura 3 em MARIGO and GIFFONI (2010) e propomos a correção da identificação desses espécimes. A correta identificação dos três exemplares como orca-pigmeia coloca uma intrigante questão sobre a conservação dessa espécie no Atlântico Sul tropical. As operações de pesca com redes de deriva ao longo da costa sul-sudeste do Brasil podem ameaçar F. attenuata, espécie naturalmente rara. É recomendado o efetivo monitoramento da frota pesqueira, tendo em vista a necessidade de se avaliar a magnitude dessas capturas