It is hard to fathom how much the media environment – especially the social media environment – has altered the coverage and public understanding of big legal cases over the past 30 years. The case of Charlie Kirk’s alleged murderer, Tyler Robinson, is a powerful illustration.In 1993, I ran the terrorism prosecution against Omar Abdel Rahman ("the Blind Sheikh") and members of his jihadist cell. They had bombed the World Trade Center then, in the aftermath, plotted what they anticipated would be simultaneous bombings of New York City landmarks – the UN complex, the Lincoln and Holland tunnels, and the









