Judiciary Won’t Revise Courtroom Camera Ban Before Trump Trial

Oct. 26, 2023, 5:37 PM UTC

The federal judiciary will appoint a panel of judges and attorneys to consider allowing cameras in the courtroom for criminal cases, delaying any decision on the issue until well after former President Donald Trump’s upcoming trial.

Judge James C. Dever III of the US District Court for the Eastern District of Northern Carolina, who chairs the Judicial Conference’s advisory committee on criminal rules, said at a Thursday meeting that a subcommittee would be created to consider revising the current ban on broadcasting criminal cases.

The announced panel follows calls for the court system to alter the prohibition in light of ...

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