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Now in paperback and featuring a new preface by the authors, ""Cameras in the Courtroom"" looks at the effect of both allowing and barring television coverage of legal proceedings. Cohn and Dow examine landmark television trials, including those of O.J. Simpson, the Menendez brothers, and William Kennedy Smith. Also, analyzing the impact of Court TV and the history of cameras in American courtrooms, the text strikes a balanced discussion among diverse opinions. In the new preface, the authors consider the effect of excluding television coverage from the upcoming trial of Zacarias Moussaoui on charges stemming from the September 11, 2001, terror attacks. The book also includes an array of interviews with judges, attorneys, jurors, witnesses and legal scholars, shedding light on a subject that has become an important topic in both media and law.

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The text is a quick and fascinating read and will serve to generate terrific discussions if used in undergradaute seminars. For academics and practioners, this text will allow for a brief introduction to the leading pertinent issues of televised trials.--David N. Khey Criminal Justice Review

The best book yet about cameras in the courtroom. Meticulously researched and engagingly written, the book traces the history of cameras in courts and carefully presents the arguments on both sides of this heated debate.--Erwin Chemerinsky, School of Law, University of California, Irvine

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Marjorie Cohn is an associate professor at Thomas Jefferson School of Law in San Diego. A criminal defense attorney and legal analyst, she provides commentary on high profile trials and criminal justice issues for newspaper, television and radio. Retired CBS News correspondent David Dow has covered many epic trials such as both O. J. Simpson trials and the Rodney King beating cases. The Emmy Award-winning journalist has witnessed justice as it is carried out in more than two dozen nations of the Americas and Asia.

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