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Cameras in Jury Rooms
Posted by Steven Wu on Tuesday, November 26 @ 00:32:40 EST News
The New York Times reports that the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals is considering the appropriateness of a trial court judge's decision to allow PBS's Frontline to film jury deliberations in a death-penalty case. (The trial--let alone jury deliberations--has not yet started; the appeals court halted jury selection for the trial.) This is not the first time that the issue has arisen: jury deliberations have been filmed in some criminal cases and slightly more civil cases already. (In fact, when I was taking a class on the jury in college, we watched a couple of videos to see what deliberations are like.) But this seems to be the first time that a judge has granted a film crew access to jury deliberations in a death-penalty case, and that difference has made both supporters and detractors take up arms.

The article can be found here.

UPDATE: The New York Times has posted an editorial opposing cameras in jury rooms.

 
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