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How much media attention did Shanda Sharer's murder Trial receive when it happened? - NoMoreBubbleGum - 04-08-2014 09:39 PM
Was her trial big like Caylee Anthony and Trayvon Martins murder trial? Obviously one of the things that made the trails so big was the fact that children where murdered, like in Shanda's case, but it seems her story doesn't/didn't receive that much recognition nation wide like these murder cases did.
I wasnt around when the trial took place so I dont know how it whent down.
It seems as if some people have almost have forgotten Shanda and her story. I've been lead to believe that a few reasons why the trial may not have received that much attention is because at the time it happened, in 1992, we didn't have social media (which is a contributing factor to how big the trials of Anthony and Martin got). However the OJ Simpson trial happened just two years after this and its still well known.
Another reason I believe may be is that a few of the murderers where juveniles when they committed the crime and maybe because of that, they got some sort of privacy and because of that not much could be said about the case in the media.
Please note that in no way am I trying to say that one case is worse than the other, Im just curious that why it seems some other murder cases, that are equivalently just as tragic all together, could be remembered and another couldn't.
Please be nice. Thank you
- Aj - 04-08-2014 09:41 PM
The murder of Shanda Renee Sharer (June 6, 1979 – January 11, 1992) involved a 12-year-old girl who was tortured and burned to death in Madison, Indiana, by four teenage girls. The incident attracted nationwide attention, but not as much as Caylee Anthony and Trayvon Martin. Her case was completely different than these cases and definitely different than OJ's case because, just like in Trayvon Martin's case there was a racial component involved as well.