03 March 2003

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The results of the motions filed in the Malvo case. Nothing too unexpected.

Personal note: I am bothered by the refusal of courts to allow cameras in hearings. We are all proud of our "open courts." Open courts are supposedly a way to avoid corruption in the system by allowing real people to observe what goes on in the judicial system. Maybe it worked back before theaters and TV when the biggest show in town was when the judge rode into town and everybody went to watch the show. Nowadays people don't go to court unless they are summonsed, supoened, or have a deputy escort them in front of the judge. Televising the courts is the best possible way to make them once again observable to the public. Why is the judicial system scared of this?
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