Fordham Law School Professor Deborah Denno, a leading death penalty expert, spoke to The Los Angeles Times about how Chris Kyle’s fame might complicate jury selection for his alleged killer’s trial.
“This is always an issue, but you can multiply that by a thousand with Chris Kyle,” she said, noting that with other celebrity trials, such as the doctor accused of killing Michael Jackson, “there was not an Oscar-nominated movie about him involving one of the most covered stars in Hollywood, Bradley Cooper, and all these spinoffs. It has inspired almost an industry around this talent, snipers.”
Read The Los Angeles Times‘ entire article here.