Title: Television Cameras in the Courtroom Televised court cases stand accused of ruining defendant's lives and making a mockery of The judicial process. Many defendants including O.J have made this accusation. Simpson, accused of murdering his ex-wife and her male friend, and Former British Nanny Louise Woodward. Accused of murdering a child in her care. Many defendants claim that by televising their trials they were deprived of a "fair and impartial jury" swaying public …showed first 75 words of 440 total…

…showed last 75 words of 440 total…that the courtroom has been a mix of drama, history and inquiry into truth. How can an atmosphere like that survive with millions of unseen eyes watching? Is the court there to provide entertainment for people? I don't believe so. The purpose of the courts is not education or spectacle or public entertainment, but justice, and how can justice truly be served when often times a defendant is proven guilty before they are presumed innocent?