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new warning against contempt of justice issues and said tweeters should not be considered immune to the law

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have lost all sense of moderation and ignore their responsibilities, the Attorney General warned in a speech on the risk of contempt of court.

explain why a series of processes initiated to prevent criminal cases are affected, Dominic Grieve, said bloggers and tweeters in cyberspace are not considered immune to the "law of the land . "

Speaking to students at the School of Journalism at City University in London, Grieve said he was more concerned about what is "perceived as the growing tendency of the press to test the limits of acceptability in reports of criminal cases. "

He said: "Sometimes it seemed that the press had lost all sense of internal restriction and could, in the right way to print what they wanted, protected by law "freedom of expression" without any concomitant responsibilities. "

changes to the Criminal Justice Act 2003, known as the supply of bad character, allowing previous convictions of the accused to be admitted as evidence, the Attorney General is suggested, has favored loosening the restrictions.

"The possibility of admitting evidence of defendant criminal history has led some in the press to believe that you can print without hindrance, all kinds of facts, abuse and nonsense," did he said.

"But ... the admission of bad character is subject to judicial review and requires careful consideration. And the act is not an excuse for the press to publish the information responsible to the wind.

"I feared that uncontrolled reports as it could undermine the jury system. The jury must return a verdict based solely on the evidence before the courts. "

Grieve said three recent cases that have been used successfully for contempt of court action. In the first two newspapers were convicted for publishing on their websites showing pictures of an accused in a murder trial with a firearm.

In the second, the Daily Mirror and Sun have been punished for their coverage of the arrest of Chris Jefferies, the owner of Joanna Yeates murdered landscape architect.

"The revolution in the methods of communication can not change what the Lord Chief Justice has described as" essential principles "and that's why contempt proceedings be brought for me when needed. "

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