Tag: cameras in court
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Illinois Supreme Court adopts permanent policy for Extended Media Coverage in courtrooms | NowDecatur
Decatur – Today Illinois Supreme Court Chief Justice, Rita B. Garman, announced that news cameras are permitted in Illinois courtrooms. The decision comes after a four year pilot project which allowed media cameras in certain courtrooms on an experimental basis. Macon County State’s Attorney, Jay Scott, says he’s not a big fan of…
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Another argument for the public’s right to cameras
Our Opinion: No reason to keep ban on cameras in court “…Except for the lucky few with the means and time to physically go to the federal courthouse in Chicago, no one in Illinois got to watch either Blagojevich’s mea culpa or the trial in which federal prosecutors represented us in bringing their case against…