Cameras in the Courtroom

<p> Do cameras influence courtroom proceedings? What effect if any do they have on trial participants? What implications do televised trials have on due process? Why have the courts including the Supreme Court traditionally excluded cameras? What in short is the future of the camera in the courtroom? Through interviews with numerous legal scholars judges attorneys defendants jurors witnesses and journalists these questions and many others are thoroughly examined.</p><p> The impact of the cameras in several high-profile trials is analyzed as are a number of cases in which cameras were excluded. A look at Court TV provides an instructive overview of the good and bad of television coverage. Includes an updated preface and a new introduction.</p>