Should cameras be allowed in courtrooms?
By: Amanda Hiber, book editor
Series: At issue series; At issue
Publisher: Greenhaven Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Detroit
Language: eng
Number of pages: 111
ISBN-13: 9780737739282; 9780737739299
Subjects: Television broadcasting of court proceedings; Law and legislation; Television broadcasting of news
Description: Discusses whether cameras should be allowed in courtrooms. Issues include whether cameras should be allowed in criminal courts, whether they should be allowed in the Supreme Court, and whether the use of cameras would lead to a more educated public.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 101-106) and index.
Table of contents: title: Cameras should be allowed in courtrooms  -- Barbara Cochran; title: Cameras should not be allowed in courtrooms  -- Jan E. DuBois; title: Cameras should only be allowed in criminal trials with the consent of all parties  -- Barbara E. Bergman; title: Cameras should be allowed in the Supreme Court  -- Arlen Specter; title: Cameras should not be allowed in the Supreme Court  -- Christina B. Whitman; title: Supreme Court proceedings should be recorded but not televised  -- Scott C. Wilcox; title: Cameras in courtrooms would trivialize court proceedings  -- Woody West; title: Cameras in courtrooms would lead to a more educated public  -- Sandy Grady; title: Reluctance to use cameras in courtrooms is a result of the Simpson trial --; title: Ellia thompson --; title: Cameras should be allowed at high-profile trials  -- Howard Rosenberg; title: Cameras should not be allowed at high-profile trials  -- Matthew Gilbert; title: Beltway sniper John Allen Muhammad's trial should be televised  -- Radio-Television News Directors Association et al.; title: Beltway sniper Lee Boyd Malvo's trial should not be televised -- Andrew Cohen.