Comments:Police social media frenzy threatens to prejudice alleged child killer trial

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It happens all the time here in America.

I can imagine it would. As a forensic science graduate I know better and I thought more of the public would too. Personally I think after all their hard work you would expect the police to have said something warning them against such behavior BEFORE they posted the information. Even before the coronial inquest I expected that they wouldn't even think of compiling a normal jury if it ever went to trial. I wouldn't be taking the risk.