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Friday, February 27, 2009
Courts - More on: Follow the McCafferty murder trial and the media's efforts to cover it via blog and otherwise
Nothing new from the "Reporter's Blog" (here), the latest entry right now is from Thursday afternoon. But court is due to reconvene at 9:30 AM.
Meanwhile, there has been action on the appeal. The Cincinnati Enquirer reports:
Newport -- Cameras for now will remain outside the courtroom where Cheryl McCafferty is on trial for the killing of her husband in 2007.The Enquirer (like the Kentucky Post) has its own special page devoted to coverage of the trial.State Appeals Court Judge Michelle Keller on Thursday rejected a plea from three local television stations and NBC News for an emergency order to allow cameras back into the courtroom to broadcast the trial.
The appeal made by WLWT(Ch. 5) WCPO(Ch. 9) and WXIX(Ch. 19) remains on the docket but could take 20 days to be heard. The trial is expected to last three weeks.
Campbell County Circuit Judge Julie Reinhardt Ward on Monday ordered all electronic recording devices banned from the courtroom. Ward decided to ban cameras after attorneys for the television stations appealed the judge's prohibition on live video broadcasts on the Internet of testimony and live blogging of the trial.
Keller, in her order denying emergency relief, found the media has a right to attend the trial but does not have any more rights beyond that of the general public and no constitutional right to have testimony recorded and broadcast.
"While the order limited the means by which the media could have that access, it did not limit or prohibit access," Keller said.
Posted by Marcia Oddi on February 27, 2009 09:44 AM
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