Judges, Lawyers Balk at Courtroom Tv Cameras

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Proposals to make cameras in the courtroom routine and open up previously secret court proceedings drew stern warnings from state judges, prosecutors and defense lawyers at a legislative hearing Wednesday.

TV cameras in courts and more open court records could intimidate witnesses and potentially injure or embarrass crime victims, several members of the state judicial branch testified.

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Judges, Lawyers Balk at Courtroom Tv Cameras

Authority to make rules for the way Connecticut's courts operate "best rests with the judges of the Superior Court," said Salvatore Agati, a Superior Court judge and...

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