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Ind. Courts - More on "Easterbrook Slams CD Illinois Judge For Allowing Cameras in the Courtroom"
Updating this ILB entry from Oct. 2nd, Ameet Sachdev, in the Chicago Law Blog, writes:The controversy may stir more debate about a ban some think is outdated. In spite of the rapid advancement of technology that gives the public uncensored...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on October 6, 2009 01:26 PM
Ind. Courts - "Easterbrook Slams CD Illinois Judge For Allowing Cameras in the Courtroom"
From the Champaign-Urbana News-Gazette today, a story by Tim Mitchell:URBANA – U.S. District Judge Joe Billy McDade has apologized for allowing cameras to record a Champaign schools consent decree hearing in September. McDade issued the written apology after Judge Frank...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on October 2, 2009 01:24 PM
Courts - "Live coverage boosts access to federal courtrooms"
A lengthy story today in the Washington Post, reported by Roxana Hegeman, datelined Wichita, includes these quotes:n a victory for news technology in federal courts, a judge is allowing a reporter to use the microblogging service Twitter to provide constant...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on March 6, 2009 08:43 AM
Courts - More on: Follow the McCafferty murder trial and the media's efforts to cover it via blog and otherwise
Nothing new from the "Reporter's Blog" (here), the latest entry right now is from Thursday afternoon. But court is due to reconvene at 9:30 AM. Meanwhile, there has been action on the appeal. The Cincinnati Enquirer reports:Newport -- Cameras for...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on February 27, 2009 09:44 AM
Courts - Follow the McCafferty murder trial and the media's efforts to cover it via blog and otherwise
A murder trial underway in Newport, Kentucky - northern Kentucky, near Covington - is getting extensive coverage from the Kentucky Post and other media. Reporter Jessica Noll provides "the minute-by-minute report of the Cheryl McCafferty murder trial" here. I have...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on February 26, 2009 02:20 PM
Courts - Questions posted in another jurisidction to judges up for retention
I happened this morning across some quotes from a not-longer-available story in the The Legal Intelligencer, "the oldest law journal in the United States." In May of 2007 The Legal Intelligencer sent a 32-question questionnaire to all seven state Supreme...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on October 16, 2008 08:49 AM
Law - "Registration lawsuits could shape election"
Tim Jones has an interesting story today in the Chicago Tribune that begins:In a furious, multistate campaign raging far from television cameras and cable TV chatter, scores of lawyers are arguing over the voting rights of perhaps millions of Americans...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on October 2, 2008 09:26 AM
Courts - "I think it's a Jerry Springer-type show masquerading as a court"
TV "courts" - the story today by Diane Krieger Spivak in the Gary Post Tribune is headed "TV justice not so sweet," and presents an interesting cautionary tale. The report begins:SCHERERVILLE -- A disabled Schererville woman is accusing producers of...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on August 25, 2008 08:06 AM
Ind. Courts - "It's time to open up our Hoosier courts to cameras: Technology has changed the meaning of having a public trial"
An excellent editorial today in the Fort Wayne News Sentinel:The Indiana Supreme Court should just decide one way or the other whether to allow cameras in the courtroom instead of continuing to tease Hoosiers with the issue. The court approved...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on August 4, 2008 11:54 AM
Ind. Courts - Supreme Court will again allow documentary filmmaker Karen Grau, of Calamari Productions, access to the Lake County juvenile court
From a release today on the Courts siter:The Indiana Supreme Court will again allow documentary filmmaker Karen Grau, of Calamari Productions, access to the Lake County juvenile court, Chief Justice Randall T. Shepard announced today. Filming will begin soon in...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on July 31, 2008 01:14 PM
Courts - Chicago courtroom artist who covered Chicago 7 and Gacy trials writes book
Natasha Korecki, federal courts reporter for the Chicago Sun-Times, writes today:[Courtroom artist Andy Austin] uses more than illustrations to take readers on a historical tour of famous Chicago trials. She proves herself a sharp observer -- a true reporter --...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on May 26, 2008 09:59 AM
Ind. Courts - "Supreme Court hears appeal of ex-trooper's murder convictions"
Two stories now have been posted on this morning's oral arguments in the David Camm murder appeal. Bryan Corbin of the Evansville Courier & Press wrote this report -- some quotes:Lawyers this morning have finished making their arguments to the...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on May 22, 2008 03:35 PM
Courts - "Time for Cameras: Those who are interested shouldn't have to line up overnight to watch Supreme Court debates"
The Washington Post published this editorial this morning:SOME 70 members of the public queued up in frigid conditions early yesterday -- some camping out overnight -- for a chance to witness the historic Supreme Court argument on the rights of...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on December 6, 2007 02:45 PM
Courts - Cell phones in courtrooms
The ILB has had a number of entries on bans on cell phones and cameras in Indiana courtrooms and courthouses. Today, this National Law Journal report from Massachusetts that begins:The Massachusetts Appeals Court upheld a lower court's witness intimidation jury...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on November 19, 2007 08:32 AM
Ind. Courts - "No verdict in courtroom cameras test"
Keith Robinson of the AP attended the Access Boot Camp seminar yesterday and reported on the cameras in the courtroom session. Some quotes:“In lawyer terms, I guess you could say ’insufficient evidence,”’ said Kevin Finch, news director of Indianapolis television...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on November 9, 2007 08:25 AM
Ind. Courts - "Courthouse security worries Huntington County workers"
Judy Fitzmaurice reports in the Huntington County Herald Press:The County Commissioners have formed a committee to evaluate concerns over safety in the Courthouse. At Monday's commissioners' meeting, several department heads voiced concerns about security measures at the Courthouse. While some...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on October 11, 2007 01:07 PM
Courts - Cameras in the courtroom
Definitely worth watching, the 2 hour and 30 minute U.S. House Judiciary Committee Hearing on Cameras in Federal Courts, via C-SPAN, which took place 9/27/07. Much mention is made of the state courts' having figured out how to successfully allow...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on October 1, 2007 02:30 PM
Ind. Courts - More on: COA is hearing oral arguments at Allen County Courthouse; discussion of cameras in the courtroom follows
Updating this ILB entry from Tuesday, News Channel 15 (WANE) reports today:The Indiana Court of Appeals made a stop in Fort Wayne Wednesday night when it heard a case from Allen County. * * * Wednesday, the court heard a...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on September 20, 2007 01:27 PM
Ind. Gov't. - "Recording ban to end in City-County Building"
Yesterday the ILB posted an entry headed "Lake Station City Council wants to ban public vidoetaping of meetings." Today the Indianapolis Star reports, in a story by Brendan O'Shaughnessy, that Indianapolis has had such a ban all along, but now...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on September 20, 2007 06:27 AM
Courts - Firms to market major civil trials, hearings, and oral arguments
ALM "currently owns and publishes 33 national and regional magazines and newspapers, including The American Lawyer, Corporate Counsel, The National Law Journal and Real Estate Forum." A press release announces:ALM, a leading media company serving legal and business professionals, and...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on September 18, 2007 01:13 PM
Ind. Courts - Still more on the cameras in courtrooms pilot project
The Evansville Courier & Press, which last Wednesday, Sept. 12th, ran a news story on problems facing the cameras in trial courtroom pilot project (see ILB entry here), today has an editorial recommending that trial judges have the final say...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on September 16, 2007 10:08 AM
Ind. Courts - More on the cameras in courtrooms pilot project
The ILB has quoted from several recent stories about how the cameras in trial courtrooms pilot project sponsored by the Supreme Court is failing. See this entry from August 13th, quoting from a South Bend Tribune story headed "Indiana trial...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on September 12, 2007 05:48 PM
Ind. Courts - South Bend Tribune opines "Let Cameras In"
The South Bend Tribune, which on August 13th had a long report (see ILB entry here) headed "Indiana trial cameras shuttered: Main obstacle for pilot project is requirement that both parties agree to taping," today has an editorial headed "Let...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on August 19, 2007 01:25 PM
Ind. Courts - Indiana trial court cameras shuttered
Jeff Parrott reports today in a lengthy story the South Bend Tribune that begins:An experimental pilot project to allow news media cameras in Indiana courtrooms has largely been a bust. The main obstacle has been a requirement that both parties...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on August 13, 2007 02:57 PM
Courts - "Gavel to Gavel (to Gavel to Gavel) Coverage"
Sunday's NY Times looks at the TV judges. A sample from the feature by Alessandra Stanley:Unheeded gripes are what keep therapists in business, inflame bloggers and clog the dockets of small claims court. And they are one reason that both...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on July 7, 2007 09:49 PM
Ind. Courts - Trial is recorded in its entirety by television camera, for the first time in Indiana
Indianapolis WTHR reports:Indianapolis - "State vs. Paul Fox." Judge Patricia Gifford called the case shortly after 9:30 Friday morning. She would sit in judgment of Paul Fox, a 50-year-old Indianapolis man accused of five felony counts for a confrontation with...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on June 23, 2007 08:12 AM
Ind. Courts - Fort Wayne paper opines against courthouse-wide cell phone ban
Following up on this story from June 15th, the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette today has an editorial titled "Hardly a ringing success." Some quotes:The ban’s exemptions – for building employees and attorneys – create two classes of people. Why, for...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on June 19, 2007 08:23 AM
Ind. Courts - Porter County Courts have new reason for cellphone bans
The ILB has had a number of stories on decisions to ban cellphones entirely from courthouses. Allen County appears to have been the first. The rationale from a Nov. 22nd Fort Wayne Journal Gazette story:Allen Superior Magistrate Robert Schmoll said...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on June 9, 2007 08:48 AM
Ind. Courts - More on "Courtroom camera plan fizzles"
A March 22, 2007 Indianapolis Star story was headlined "Courtroom camera plan fizzles." Judges, the prosecution and defense all have veto power over whether cameras will be permitted in any case. As a result, the Star reported: "Halfway through the...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on May 24, 2007 09:20 AM
Courts - An update on Pennsylvania Supreme Court judicial selection and retention
Pensylvania's judicial selection process differs from Indiana's. In Pennsylvania, all judges initially are elected on a partisan ballot, and thereafter are up for retention every 10 years on a non-partisan retention ballot. In Indiana our appellate judges and justices are...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on May 9, 2007 07:31 AM
Ind. Courts - Another county bans cell phones in Courthouse
In today's Marion Chronicle-Tribune, Teresa Auch reports:A move to ban cell phones in the Grant County Courthouse has proved irritating to visitors, but courthouse officials say security concerns override any complaints. Signs popped up in March announcing that cell phones...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on April 30, 2007 12:18 PM
Ind. Courts - "Courtroom camera plan fizzles"
Jon Murray of the Indianapolis Star reported Monday that the cameras in Indiana trial courts project has "fizzled." Some quotes:The faces of Marion Superior Court Judges Robert Altice and Patricia Gifford are rarely beamed onto Central Indiana TV screens, but...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on March 22, 2007 09:23 AM
Ind. Courts - Still more on: Cameras in trial courtrooms pilot hits snag [Updated]
Updating this report from March 11th, the Evansville Courier & Press has an editorial suggesting "Change the rules: Allow judges to decide." Some quotes:When the Indiana Supreme Court announced in May that it had agreed to an 18-month test run...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on March 14, 2007 08:55 AM
Ind. Courts - More on: Cameras in trial courtrooms pilot hits snag
The Fort Wayne News-Sentinel is carrying an AP story by Emily Udell, headlined "Courtroom camera effort stalls." This follows on an earlier Journal Gazette editorial, blogged in this Feb. 16th ILB entry. Today's story begins:INDIANAPOLIS - A pilot project to...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on March 11, 2007 01:02 PM
Ind. Courts - Attorney sees opportunity and seizes it
Dionne Waugh of the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette reports today:When Allen County court officials discussed banning cell phones in the courts, several people said someone would probably start standing outside the buildings and offer to hold people’s phones for a...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on March 6, 2007 09:58 AM
Ind. Courts - Cameras in trial courtrooms pilot hits snag
The Fort Wayne Journal Gazette has this editorial today:When the Indiana Supreme Court started a pilot program last spring to test the influence of cameras in Indiana courtrooms, the goal was to film enough court sessions to come to some...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on February 16, 2007 09:07 AM
Courts - Justice testifies against cameras in U.S. Supreme Court oral arguments
"Justice pleads with Senate: No cameras in high court" is the headline to a story by Joan Biskupic of USA TODAY that begins:Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy pleaded with senators Wednesday not to try to force the high court to...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on February 15, 2007 08:31 AM
Courts - Ind. "cameras in courtrooms law" cited in New York paper
"Court cameras pushed in N.Y." is the headline to this story today by Larry Fisher-Hertz in the Poughkeepsie (NY) Journal. Here is how the story begins:Accused murderer John R. Dean stood in a courtroom in Evansville, Ind. last July and...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on January 31, 2007 03:56 PM
Ind. Courts - "Mary Beth Bonaventura to talk about MTV series filmed in her courtroom"
Ruthann Robinson reports today in the NWI Times:Lake County Juvenile Court Judge Mary Beth Bonaventura has hit the big time. Bonaventura is scheduled to be interviewed today on NBC's "Today" show by host Ann Curry about her participation in the...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on January 30, 2007 07:01 AM
Ind. Courts - Still more on: "Allen courts to ban cell phones, all electronics"
The Dec. 29th story on the Fort Wayne courts' cell phone ban, reported in this ILB entry, did a good job explaining how the ban will work, but did not tell the story behind the ban. News Channel 15 (WANE)...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on January 2, 2007 07:27 PM
Ind. Courts - "Allen courts to ban cell phones, all electronics"
Dionne Waugh of the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette reports today:Allen County courthouses will ring in the new year in silence as officials implement a policy banning all cell phones, pagers and electronic devices. The devices won’t be allowed inside the...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on November 22, 2006 08:35 AM
Ind. Courts - Daviess County receives $50,000 federal Homeland Security grant
Sally Petty of the Washington Herald-Times reports:In only a week, the sheriff’s department and local emergency management applied for and received a $50,000 federal Homeland Security grant to put cameras and metal detectors in the courthouse. Sheriff Jerry Harbstreit told...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on November 9, 2006 02:52 PM
Ind. Decisions - Catching up on some Court of Appeals opinions [Updated]
No way to catch up on nearly two weeks' worth of Court of Appeals opinions in my "free time." But I will try to highlight a few of them, particularly those which led to newspaper stories. Alan Stowers & Sherry...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on November 4, 2006 08:45 AM
Courts - "Defense prepares amid public anger"
The Cincinnati Enquirer has a good story today by Chuck Martin on several of the attorneys defending a couple charged with killing their foster chilld. This is a high-profile case in Cincinnati, a side-bar to the story has links to...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on September 17, 2006 10:16 AM
Ind. Courts - Whitley County receives grant for courthouse security
The Columbia Couty Post & Mail reports in a story today by T.J. Hemlinger:Whitley County has received a $50,000 grant to enhance its courthouse security from the state’s Division of State Court Administration, Cathy Broxon-Ball told the county commissioners Tuesday...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on September 7, 2006 04:16 PM
Ind. Courts - Star editorial on cameras in courtrooms
"Cameras keep eye on court system" is the title to the editorial today in the Indianapolis Star, followed by "Our position: Indiana court proceedings should be >permanently open to cameras." The piece provides some interesting context to the current experiment:...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on August 26, 2006 09:38 AM
Ind. Courts - Reports from Gibson and Monroe Counties
The Princeton Daily Clarion reported Monday, in a story by Travis Neff, on security cameras installed in the courthouse:PRINCETON-Security upgrades at the Gibson County Courthouse are a step in the right direction, said Sheriff Allen Harmon, but he warns the...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on August 22, 2006 08:12 AM
Ind. Courts - "Early marks are high for cameras in courtrooms"
So reads the headline to this story today by Richard D. Walton in the Indianapolis Star. The story begins:An experiment to allow cameras in Indiana courtrooms for the first time in decades is getting early high marks and just a...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on August 21, 2006 06:52 AM
Courts - More on: Kentucky judge criticizes lethal-force law
On July 28, the ILB posted an entry quoting from an AP story that began:LEXINGTON, Ky. — A judge has criticized a new Kentucky law that allows people to shoot home intruders without being charged with a crime.The entry noted...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on August 3, 2006 11:09 AM
Ind. Courts - More on cameras in Allen County Superior Court
The Fort Wayne Journal Gazette has a thoughtful editorial today on the camera pilot project in the Allen County Superior Court, perhaps to atone for its earlier coverage (see "Judge makes joke; reporter fails to notice" in the Fort Wayne...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on July 11, 2006 08:15 AM
Ind. Courts - Both Fort Wayne papers report on cameras in local courtroom
From Jeff White of the Fort Wayne News-Sentinel, a report that begins:It was a day in court like any other, except Allen Superior Judge Nancy Boyer decided to don the black robe. Most of the time when she sees a...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on July 8, 2006 10:04 AM
Ind. Courts - More on: History made today in Vanderburgh County courtroom
Bryan Corbin of the Evansville Courier& Press follows up yesterday's story with a report today on how it went. a quote:While one video camera on a riser filmed Dean's hearing inside, cameras from two other Evansville television stations and an...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on July 4, 2006 10:44 AM
Ind. Courts - History made today in Vanderburgh County courtroom
Bryan Corbin of the Evansville Courier& Press writes today:History was made today inside a Vanderburgh County courtroom when news cameras were allowed to photograph an Indiana court proceeding: a man pleading guilty in another man’s death. Cameras had been banned...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on July 3, 2006 02:51 PM
Ind. Courts - History will be made Wednesday in St. Joseph Circuit Court.
Tim Harmon of the South Bend Tribune writes today about that cameras are "set to make history in S.B. courtroom." Some quotes:The Fourth of July 2006 is not just about liberal, new fireworks laws in Indiana. The American tradition of...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on July 3, 2006 11:11 AM
Ind. Courts - Cameras in Courtroom: Montgomery Circuit Court will be one of eight test sites
The Lafayette Journal and Courier has this story today about the cameras in the courtroom project, announced May 9th. Some quotes from the story by Joe Gerrety:CRAWFORDSVILLE -- Montgomery Circuit Court will be one of eight test sites when the...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on May 29, 2006 08:20 AM
Ind. Courts - Another story on cameras in Indiana courtrooms
The South Bend Tribune has a story today by Marti Goodlad Heline, featuring Circuit Judge Michael G. Gotsch, whose:court is one of eight selected by the Indiana Supreme Court for a pilot project allowing video and still news cameras and...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on May 15, 2006 07:29 AM
Ind. Courts - How cameras have worked out in Kentucky courtrooms
John Lucas of the Evansville Courier& Press writes today:Indiana is getting ready to start an experiment by allowing cameras - still and TV - into courtrooms for the first time. Chief Justice Randall Shepard announced last week that the courtroom...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on May 15, 2006 07:08 AM
Ind. Courts - Evansville Courier&Press editorial on move to allow cameras in trial courtrooms
From an Evansville Courier& Press editorial today:Indiana's trial courtrooms are every bit as much public meeting halls as are council and legislative chambers. They are rooms where the business of the people is conducted. And yet, for too long, the...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on May 14, 2006 08:35 AM
Ind. Courts - More on the cameras-in-trial-courtrooms pilot project
Some reactions to Tuesday's announcement that the Supreme Court will run an 18-month pilot project allwoing caeras in ten trial courts around the state. From the Fort Wayne News-Sentinel:A year and a half ago, Allen Superior Court Judge Nancy Boyer...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on May 11, 2006 10:39 AM
Ind. Courts - Even more on: Indiana's cameras-in-the-courtroom pilot project
Today's papers have a number of stories on the announcement by the Supreme Court yesterday of an 18-trial pilot "cameras in the courtroom" project in trial courts across the State. Here is the report of Bryan Corbin, of the Evansville...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on May 10, 2006 06:28 AM
Ind. Courts - More on: Indiana's cameras-in-the-courtroom pilot project
As reported here via the ILB early this morning, the Indiana Supreme Court is authorizing a pilot project in the trial courts - here is the just released announcement:Evansville, Ind.—Chief Justice Randall T. Shepard announced today that the Supreme Court...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on May 9, 2006 05:17 PM
Ind. Courts - Indiana's cameras-in-the-courtroom pilot project
"Media cameras going to court" is the headline to this story by Bryan Corbin in today's Evansville Courier& Press. Some quotes:A Vanderburgh County courtroom will make history when it becomes one of the first trial courts in Indiana to allow...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on May 9, 2006 06:25 AM
Ind. Courts - "Bench and Media Guide to Interaction" posted on Indiana Courts site
"Bench and Media Guide to Interaction" is really a collection of information and links on a number of topics including: gag orders, cameras in the courtroom, and public access to court records. Take a look....
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on May 3, 2006 12:42 PM
Law - Cameras in the U.S. Supreme Courtroom
"Courtroom camera bill stirs debate" is the headline to this story today in the Chicago Tribune. Some quotes: WASHINGTON -- As far as opinions go, Justice David Souter has made it clear what he thinks of TV cameras in Supreme...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on April 30, 2006 11:02 AM
Ind. Courts - More on: Supreme Court permits filming of juvenile court proceedings
A Sept. 7, 2005 ILB entry quoted a Munster (NW Indiana) Times story that began: CROWN POINT | Cameras aren't allowed in Indiana courtrooms -- with one exception. Karen Grau, of Calamari Productions, was filming at the Lake County Juvenile...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on February 11, 2006 07:50 AM
Ind. Courts - Porter County adding cameras to courtrooms
"Porter County adding cameras to courtrooms" is the headline to this somewhat confusing story by Jim Stinson in the Gary Post-Tribune. Or maybe it is only the headline that makes it confusing. Perhaps the headline should read "Porter County adding...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on December 22, 2005 07:49 AM
Courts - Senate Judiciary hearing on cameras in the courtroom
Last evening, th4e regular C-SPAN series, America and the Courts, showed portions of the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing from earlier this month:Cameras in the Courtroom. The Senate Judiciary Committee holds a hearing on televising the Supreme Court and other federal...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on November 27, 2005 07:17 AM
Ind. Courts - More on the Prohibition against Cameras in the Indiana Trial Courts
In the ILB entry on cameras in the courtroom yesterday, I wrote:Although the Journal Gazette states "The Indiana Judicial Code bars cameras from all local trial proceedings," I have been so far unable to locate the prohibition in the rules.Thanks...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on November 20, 2005 10:11 AM
Ind. Courts - Journal Gazette speaks out on cameras in the courtroom
In an editorial this morning titled "Courts, cameras and access" the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette urges transparency in the courtroom, at all levels. Some quotes:Although transparency is often looked at as something needed to allow the public to keep watch...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on November 19, 2005 08:01 AM
Law - More on cameras in the courtroom
"Allow cameras in federal courts" is the headline to an editorial today in the Cincinnati Enquirer. Some quotes:U.S. Rep. Steve Chabot, R-Cincinnati, has something in common with Sisyphus, the eternally frustrated rock-pusher of Greek mythology. For the past eight years,...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on November 15, 2005 12:58 PM
Law - Forcing the Supreme Court by statute to allow cameras at oral arguments
Tony Mauro of Legal Times has a story today titled "Bill Allowing Cameras in Supreme Court Gains Momentum." Some quotes:"It's a question of when, in my judgment, not if," said Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Arlen Specter, R-Pa., at a hearing...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on November 10, 2005 07:43 AM
Law - Illinois completely bans cameras in courtrooms
An AP story today in the Evansville Courier & Press reports, in a story date-lined Springfield, Illinois:Illinois news organizations thought they had a winning formula this time for getting cameras and microphones into state trials. They pointed out that technological...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on September 18, 2005 08:55 AM
Ind. Courts - Supreme Courts permits filming of juvenile court proceedings
The Munster (NW Indiana) Times reports today, in a story by RuthAnn Robinson, that a documentary film maker has been authorized by the Indiana Supreme Court to film juvenile court proceedings. Some quotes:CROWN POINT | Cameras aren't allowed in Indiana...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on September 7, 2005 07:28 AM
Law - Stories about the TV/Reality Overlap
"TV's 'reality' becomes real problem in courtroom" is the headline of this story that ran August 15th in the Evansville Courier&Press. It talks about the expectations the TV show, CSI, implants in the minds of real jurors. A quote:As it...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on August 22, 2004 06:14 PM
Indiana Decisions - More on the upcoming underage drinking case argument
Updating our Indiana Law Blog entry from Sunday is this comprehensive coverage today by the Edinburgh Courier on the oral argument to be held Friday at 10:00 am before the Indiana Court of Appeals in the chapel on the Franklin...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on May 4, 2004 03:38 PM