Mass media e populismo penal: a influência da mídia no conselho de sentença do tribunal do júri à luz do caso Daniela Perez

Abstract

The mass media are present in the social reality of most Brazilians and what is reported by them contributes to the construction of the social reality of citizens. However, in the representation of criminal cases, there is a bias, spectacularization and media sensationalism, which result in the propagation of an accusatory, punitive and populist criminal bias. In this context, the present work proposes to study the reflexes of this type of discourse in cases of Jury Court judgment, with its implications in the spheres of individual rights and guarantees of the defendant, as well as in the way in which it violates the Code of Ethics. of Brazilian Journalists. In order to do so, a bibliographic analysis was carried out with a qualitative approach and the use of the inductive scientific method, also placing a study of the case of the murder of Brazilian actress Daniella Perez to illustrate all the above. It was found that the media approach of these criminal cases is in fact spectacularized and sensationalist, with a strong emotional appeal, which has the potential to influence the judgments of the jurors that make up the Jury Court Sentencing Council of the reported case, in addition to of violating the rights guaranteed to the defendant and the precepts of the Code of Journalistic Ethics.