High Court Upholds Ban on Cameras
From Times Wire Reports
The state’s highest court unanimously upheld a ban on cameras in the courtroom, concluding the ban did not violate constitutional rights.
Court TV had sought to end the ban, arguing it infringed on the public’s right of access to the courts and the press’s freedom to cover court proceedings.
“In New York state, the decision whether or not to permit cameras in the courtroom is a legislative prerogative,” Judge George Bundy Smith wrote in the decision issued in Albany.
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