Arguments on whether cameras should be in the courtroom continue.(Originated from Knight-Ridder Newspapers)

From: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service | Date: October 7, 1995| Author: | Copyright information

Now for the prosecution in the matter of cameras in the courtroom comes Abraham A. Dash, professor of law at the University of Maryland and a former federal prosecutor.

His argument: Cameras almost always distort the system, converting the legal process from a search for truth to an obsession with looking good. Human frailty is just too formidable to prevent it.

Most citizens can't watch gavel-to-gavel coverage of any trial, and wouldn't want to if they could. ``What the news programs cover will be what they consider dramatic,'' he said. ``It doesn't give any real picture of a ...

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