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Judicial Smackdown II: The Empire Strikes Back
By Steven | May 31, 2008
Well, one judge does anyway.
You’ll remember that Justice Fogarty controversially ruled that some of the the guidelines for cameras in court were illegal (I discussed the ruling here). Another High Court judge, Keane J, has disagreed. In R v Crutchley, he said that the guidelines are “entirely compatible with a trial judge’s duty to secure that justice is done.” He notes that they are merely guidelines. He doesn’t think that the filming of an accused person in the dock is akin to pillory. He says that a degree of humiliation is part and parcel of the trial process, and is not enough to exclude the public from the courtroom, including the amplification that cameras provide.
I think he’s right.
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