1989-03-24 Comments of Star Tribune.pdf - Minnesota Judicial Branch

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0 The media's predominant interest is in criminal cases. Civil cases attract less than half the interest of criminal cases and very few requests are submitted for appellate level or juvenile cases. l EMC.events took place twice as often in Superior Court as in lower courts. 0 Electronic and photographic media covered all proceeding stages of litigation (evenly distributed) from arraignments to motions to trials. 0 Television camera presence at court proceedings was somewhat more frequent than still camera presence and both were considerably more common than radio. . l The predominant purpose of.EMC was for daily news stories on the particular case being covered. Relatively few "feature stories" or purely educa- tional applications of EMC occurred. a In over a dozen cases, judges exercised their dis- cretion in EMC decision-making by restricting coverage beyond the criteria in the California Rules of Court governing the experiment. 0 In several cases, "violations" or relaxations of the rules occurred but in no instance was EMC so obtrusive as to disrupt or seriously disturb the proceeding. l The experimental year was highlighted by about a half dozen extremely high media events having "cameras in the courts". These events include sensational crime cases, public figure trials (politicians), a social issue case, and a libel suit between a celebrity and a newspaper. In all it was an active and interesting experimental year. At this writing, the experiment continues and even more experience with EMC of court proceedings is being accumu- lated. In early September, 1981, cameras (one television camer2,and one still camera) were permitted for the first time in California's history to cover oral arguments at the Supreme Court. Its active experiment places California -220-
l In three-fourths of all EMC events during the year, judges reported little or no increase in their supervisory responsibility. Ten percent (10%) of judge respondents reported definite or extreme increase to their supervisory responsibility. l Observational data confirm interview data in the conclusion that EMC generally was not distracting to participants. These data show that courtrooms were "calm" environments with both EMC and con- * ventional-only media presence. l Observational data indicate that potential sources of distraction other than EMC (conventional media, court personnel, trial participants, audience, and external noises) were approximately equal to EMC in causing distraction and disruption. All these factors generally cause little problem inside the courtroom. l The ability of judges, attorneys, and witnesses to "effecitvely communicaten generally was not impaired by EMC. l Large majorities of attorney and juror interviewees perceived no change in judge behavior due to EMC although some defense attorneys and jurors (26% and 14% respectively) perceived a negative change. l Judges, opposing counsel, and jurors generally saw no change in attorney behavior due to EMC although a few in each group (lo-15%) perceived a negative change. l Judges, attorneys, and jurors generally saw no change in tritness behavior due to EMC although some (12%, 22%, and 16% respectively) perceived negative 'changes due to EMC. l Judges overwhelmingly saw no effect of EMC on juror behavior but 18% of attorney respondents saw negative effects. l There is a distinct trend in interview response data which may be labeled: Transference of Responsibility. That is, .a particular participant group tended to see greater negative effect on other participant groups than on their own group. -221-
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Page 26 and 27: Result D: The presence of the elect
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Chapter 7 CAMERAS IN COURT I. INTRO
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