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March 28, 2007


Cameras in NY courtrooms?

One apparent factor behind the renewed push: newspaper websites need more video content. The sponsor, State Sen. John DiFrancisco (R-Syracuse), claims lawyers don't alter their presentations because of the camera's presence. Voting against the bill in committee were an unlikely couple, Dale Volker (R-Erie) and Thomas Duane (D-Manhattan). More at Overlawyered here, here, and here.

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