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Author(s):: ZHOU Zhao-jin; School of Law, Hainan Normal University, Haikou 571158, Hainan, China

Keywords:: media report; criminal justice; judicial independence; judicial fairness; self-discipline of media

Abstract:: Media reports not only are conducive to the realization of criminal judicial principle of open trial, but also can supervise the activities of criminal justice, and enhance the credibility of the judiciary. At the same time, inappropriate media reports will also affect the independence of the judiciary, obstruct justice, and violate legitimate rights and interests of the criminal suspect and the victim. On the basis of analyzing the positive and negative impacts of media reports on criminal justice, the coordinate strategies between media reports and criminal justice are proposed: Adhere to human rights priority principle of criminal suspects and victims, avoid the influence of media reports on judicial personnel through strengthening their self-discipline, and improve the criminal justice system, so as to coordinate the contradiction between media reports and criminal justice, giving full play to its positive role.