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 ::::Okay well I can basically agree about voir dire, although I don't think ""always"" is true - it's a question of whether the defence lawyers choose to challenge any jurors. This is the same as in the UK and probably essentially the same as in Italy. On sequestration, the source doesn't say ""they are sequestered in cases where media coverage can be prejudicial"", is says they can be, but that ""sequestration has fallen so far out of favor that judges rarely bother anymore"". Again, this is probably the same as in Italy. Can we at least agree that the Time article is in error. 
 ::::Dependent on context, it may be appropriate to explain the Italian system so long as this is not coatracking and we have solid sourcing for out explanations (ie we are not just regurgitating someone's spin). 
 ::::If ""we are reporting on media reports of the trial and the coverage of the trial"" then fair enough. My query was about where in these media reports and coverage it talks about ""tabloids going after someone accused of a crime with ... venom for ... an extended period of time"" or similar.   "