Multiple Choice
The problem of media coverage and pre-trial publicity affecting the fairness of a criminal trial goes back to what era and historical event?
A) the 1635 trial of pilgrims accused of being cruel to Indians following the first Thanksgiving
B) the 1807 trial of Aaron Burr, accused of treason
C) the 1865 trial of John Wilkes Booth for the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln
D) the 1955 trial of mobster "Big Willie" Anderson for the murder of a local politician
E) the 1998 impeachment trial of President Bill Clinton
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