cynmac wrote:
OMG the comments. Full of conjecture. I blame Nancy Grace for the Monday Morning Quarterbacking version of news reporting of jury trials. Yeah, it started with the OJ trial but Nancy 'Tot Mom' Grace is the worst. What I wouldn't give for a Zombie Walter Cronkite or Edward R. Murrow to give us "just the facts, ma'am."
I second that.  The introduction of things like CourtTV definitely changed how people perceive what should and shouldn't be happening in the courtroom, and sadly the lawyers seem to be playing to the viewers more than the jury these days.  I wonder if they'd be handling things differently if cameras had been banned from the courtroom.  Perhaps they would have fobbed the case off on entirely different lawyers.