"Encyclopedic value is negligible" 

You're talking absolute crap. The Wikipedia page on the shooting is over 20,000 words long, and the article on the trial is well over 15,000. You're also pretty ignorant if you think it's only been reported in the US, it's been getting coverage on the BBC daily. I'd love to know how you tell a "media hype up" from a 'real' story, but I'm guessing you've never thought that long about it at all, as often happens when people just open their mouths and let any old crap fall out.