![]() ![]() ![]() Crucially, this came at a time when the newspaper press was expanding rapidly due to the repeal of stamp duty and technological advances, allied to a growing market for interesting newsprint, which was where crime reportage came in. Early concerns on the part of the legal profession had been essentially allayed, and the parameters of both the habits of good law reportage and legally sound journalism were well established. Plainly, it was held to have proved its worth in the eyes of politicians and the legal profession as well as newspaper editors and proprietors, as witnessed by the increasing use of legally trained and active figures as key journalists, writing opinion pieces, including leaders. During the 1860s, the expectation that legally crafted reportage from the courts could work to improve the authority of newspapers and the public standing of the criminal justice process was firmly entrenched. ![]()
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