Cameras in the Courtroom
Author | : Marjorie Cohn |
Publisher | : Rowman & Littlefield |
Total Pages | : 220 |
Release | : 2002 |
ISBN-10 | : 0742520234 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780742520233 |
Rating | : 4/5 (34 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: Looking at the effects of both allowing and barring television coverage of legal proceedings, Cohn (the Thomas Jefferson School of Law) and Dow, a retired CBS News correspondent, examine landmark televised trials, including those of O. J. Simpson and William Kennedy Smith, and analyze the impact of CourtTV and the history of cameras in American courtrooms. Interviews with judges, attorneys, jurors, and legal scholars shed light on the subject. This paperback reprint features a new preface by the authors, on the effect of excluding television cameras from the trial of a September 11th terrorist. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR