It features no nudity, no 900-numbers and no gay or lesbian personal ads. Jacobsen v. Howard, No. State Senate fails to curtail courtroom cameras Tennessee lawmakers failed to convince a state House subcommittee that judges should be required to submit reasons why cameras would be allowed in their courtrooms. The state Senate passed the bill banning television cameras from state criminal courtrooms with a 26-3 vote. However, the bill failed when no member of the House Judiciary subcommittee would second a motion for passage.
Newspapers do a good enough job covering trials.
But even if it did, this bill is bad medicine. State taxpayers pay the salaries of the judges. They pay the prosecutors. They are the victims who seek justice. They deserve a seat in court.