The interests of a fair trial come first, rules New York’s highest court. The New York State Defenders Association, for one, had weighed in with an amicus brief in favor of the no-camera policy. The ruling “was a total loss for Court TV”, which “had attempted to achieve through litigation what its lobbyists at Ostroff, Hiffa & Associates of Albany could not achieve legislatively. Records maintained by the state Lobbying Commission indicate Court TV has spent next to nothing on lobbying the last few years as its attorney, David Boies of Boies, Schiller & Flexner in Armonk, N.Y., pursued the legal case.” (John Caher, In Loss for Court TV, N.Y. Judges Continue Ban on Cameras in Courts, New York Law Journal, Jun. 17).
N.Y.: no cameras in courtroom
The interests of a fair trial come first, rules New York’s highest court. The New York State Defenders Association, for one, had weighed in with an amicus brief in favor of the no-camera policy. The ruling “was a total loss for Court TV”, which “had attempted to achieve through litigation what its lobbyists at Ostroff, […]
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