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Friday, January 13, 2006
Ind. Courts - Warrick County Judge Shields Defendant From Cameras
"Warrick County Judge Shields Camm From Cameras" is the headline to this story by James Zambroski from WAVE 3 TV, Louisville. Some quotes:
(BOONVILLE, Ind.) -- The judge and sheriff were at odds Thursday's over new measures being taken supposedly to protect David Camm at the courthouse. And as WAVE 3 Investigator James Zambroski reports, Warrick County may soon implement a new policy preventing suspects from being seen as they're led into court in shackles.Every morning, Camm is brought from the Warrick County Jail to the courthouse for his trial. He's walked along a hallway lined with plate glass windows, and reporters standing outside have taken his picture countless times.
Until Thursday.
That's when news outlets found brown paper placed over the windows, blocking Camm from view.
Deputies told us it was for security reasons, but their boss, Sheriff Marvin Heilman, knew nothing about it.
"I didn't authorize the paper to be put up last night," Heilman said. "I did tell them to take it down this morning because the decision wasn't made from my office about the security of Mr. Camm."
Sheriff Heilman said he is aware of no specific threat against Camm. "I'm no more concerned about Mr. Camm than I would be about someone coming into the judicial center for a divorce trial."
It turns out that it was Warrick Superior Court Judge Robert Aylsworth who ordered deputies to cover the windows.
Heilman says "the judge had some issues that he expressed to the security staff about seeing the defendant, Mr. Camm, on TV with handcuffs and shackles."
Posted by Marcia Oddi on January 13, 2006 08:13 AM
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