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Benefits Of Courtroom Cameras Outweigh Costs, Jeremy Harris Lipschultz
Benefits Of Courtroom Cameras Outweigh Costs, Jeremy Harris Lipschultz
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The Illinois Supreme Court recently authorized the use of television cameras and "other recording devices" for "extended media coverage" of the courts in the state. For the first time, this extends access in that state to all trial courts following an appellate experiment that began in the 1980s. It took the efforts of Illinois Supreme Court Chief Justice Thomas Kilbride to "bring more transparency and accountability" to the sometimes troubled Illinois criminal justice system.