A judge is expected to rule Monday on whether to allow live TV coverage of the trial of ex-Symbionese Liberation Army member Sara Jane Olson, who is accused of trying to blow up police cars in 1975. Olson's attorneys, along with Court TV and Cable News Network , have asked Los Angeles Superior Court Judge James Ideman to allow TV cameras into the courtroom.
Prosecutors oppose airing the trial live.
They say a lot of the testimony will revolve around the making of terrorist bombs. The prosecutors argued that live videotaping of witnesses involved in other cases may also hinder investigations in other jurisdictions. Several other motions also are scheduled to be heard at tomorrow's hearing, including a defense request to exclude grand jury testimony from James Marshall, who died several years ago, according to wire reports. Marshall testified that Olson and a man bought pipe bomb components at his South Gate store a day before two bombs were placed under an LAPD patrol car and the car of a non-sworn LAPD employee. Minn. Her arrest came nearly 25 years after a Los Angeles County grand jury indicted her for allegedly trying to bomb the police cars.