This can result in persons outside the justice system (i.e. people other than the judge or jury) taking action for or against a party.
[1][2] Lawyer Robert S. Bennett noted that when he represents high-profile clients, he sometimes finds them in a (figurative) Bermuda Triangle of cross-currents generated by a criminal investigation, the news media, and the U.S.
[4] It is said that high-profile cases have important implications for balancing the right of the public to scrutinize the judicial process and the right of the participants to a fair trial.
[5] An argument against U.S. ratification of the Statute of the International Criminal Court was that a politically motivated prosecutor might attempt to convict the United States in the court of public opinion of a violation of international law, by charging one of its military or civilian officials with war crimes.
[5] In the Kobe Bryant sexual assault case, it was alleged that parties were using court pleadings as press releases.