Should reporting on pending cases banned?

lancy (US)

"Legal trials are not like elections, to be won through the use of the meeting hall, the radio, and the newspaper." When the constitution entitles the media to report the news to the general public, the judges must maintain a balance in highly publicized criminal cases and ensure that the defendant gets a fair trial.

Meng Ge, the mother of 17-year-old gang-rape suspect Li Tianyi, arrives at Beijing Haidian District People's Court, Aug 28, 2013. Li, the son of well-known People's Liberation Army singer Li Shuangjiang and Meng Ge, went on trial along with five men accused of sexually assaulting a woman in a Beijing hotel.