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Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Courts - "Illinois trials may soon be televised: State Supreme Court to scrap camera ban, allow pilot program"
That is the headline to this story today by By Ryan Haggerty of the Chicago Tribune. The long story begins:
The Illinois Supreme Court will announce Tuesday that it will allow media cameras to record proceedings in the state's circuit courts for the first time, a court spokesman said Monday.The pilot program allowing the media to use both still and video cameras to record civil and criminal proceedings will be enacted "on an experimental and limited basis," said Joseph Tybor, spokesman for the state Supreme Court.
The media has been allowed to record proceedings in the state Supreme Court and the Illinois Appellate Court since 1983, but until now has not been allowed to record proceedings in the state's 23 circuit courts.
Posted by Marcia Oddi on January 25, 2012 02:42 PM
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