1. As for the courtroom camera, it stays. 2. Because the courtroom camera is attached to a wall behind the jury, it was impossible to see their reaction, as Ito intended. 3. -- If Judge Lance Ito sees his shadow, he will threaten to pull the courtroom camera. 4. But in showing them to witnesses, prosecutors kept spectators and the courtroom camera from seeing them. 5. Changes in the courtroom pool camera should eliminate the possibility of errantly catching any jurors, officials said. 6. Earlier, after exacting abject apologies from those responsible, Ito gave a reprieve to the courtroom camera. 7. However, it was not courtroom cameras that dragged the Simpson trial into the tabloids. 8. If anything, the O.J. Simpson trial in Los Angeles vindicates courtroom cameras. 9. Media attorney Kelli L. Sager said there is no evidence that the courtroom camera influences the outcome of a trial. 10. Not only did he bar the courtroom camera, he has a strict rule that only the official sketch artist can draw in court. |
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