Cameras in the courtroom : television and the pursuit of justice

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    • Cohn, Marjorie
    • Dow, David

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Cameras in the courtroom : television and the pursuit of justice

Marjorie Cohn and David Dow

Rowman & Littlefield, 2002

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"Published by special arrangement with McFarland & Company, Inc., 1998. First Rowman & Littlefield edtion 2002"--T.p. verso

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Now in paperback and featuring a new preface by the authors, "Cameras in the Courtroom" looks at the effect of both allowing and barring television coverage of legal proceedings. Cohn and Dow examine landmark television trials, including those of O.J. Simpson, the Menendez brothers, and William Kennedy Smith. Also, analyzing the impact of Court TV and the history of cameras in American courtrooms, the text strikes a balanced discussion among diverse opinions. In the new preface, the authors consider the effect of excluding television coverage from the upcoming trial of Zacarias Moussaoui on charges stemming from the September 11, 2001, terror attacks. The book also includes an array of interviews with judges, attorneys, jurors, witnesses and legal scholars, shedding light on a subject that has become an important topic in both media and law.

Table of Contents

  • Acknowledgments
  • Preface
  • One: The Simpson Legacy
  • Two: Cameras Through the Years
  • Three: Is the Televised Trial a Fair Trial?
  • Four: Does a "Public Trial" Mean a Televised Trial? Five: Do Cameras Change the Process?
  • Six: Two Trials: Trial by Jury and the Court of Public Opinion
  • Seven: States' Rights
  • Eight: The Federal Case
  • Nine: Court TV
  • Ten: Some Camera (and Trial) Saving Alternatives
  • Eleven: Cameras-- Now and in the Future
  • List of Persons Interviewed
  • Chapter Notes
  • Index.

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