Social media played a prominent role in several high-profile trials in the late 2000s and early 2010s. Live tweets from courtrooms gave outsiders access to proceedings. For cases like OJ Simpson, Amanda Knox, and Casey Anthony, media coverage portrayed defendants in a negative light and made impartial jury selection difficult. Social media also required defendants to effectively appeal their case to the court of public opinion on sites like Twitter in addition to the actual court. However, no direct link was found between social media coverage and trial verdicts.