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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.See the full content of this document
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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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