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I really like the cheesy element of old-school courtroom sketches. But they seem be getting replaced by whatever this is. (hexbear.net)

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The artist couldn't have used any form of a computer or cell phone in the courtroom. To be sure - I googled NYC courtrooms.

No use of laptop computers or personal stereos [...] All beepers and cell phones must be turned off.

I assume the artist must have done quickie pencil (or whatever) sketch in the courtroom, left court, and used an app.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 months ago (1 children)

The Lindbergh baby getting kidnapped ruined things for all of us angery

About 700 members of the media, including 120 cameramen, attended the trial, in which Bruno Hauptmann was convicted. Messenger boys ran about, and unruly photographers climbed on witness tables to get shots, blinding witnesses with their flash bulbs. After Bruno Hauptmann was convicted, he appealed to the New Jersey Court of Appeals claiming that the presence of courtroom cameras and media activity in the courtroom, among other claims, denied him a fair trial.

The appeals court rejected Hauptmann’s claim in State v. Hauptmann. However, concern about the media behavior during the trial caused the American Bar Association in 1937 to amend Canon 35 of its Canons of Judicial Ethics to forbid photographic, television and other broadcast coverage of trials.

https://firstamendment.mtsu.edu/article/cameras-in-the-courtroom/

[–] [email protected] 13 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Instead of making a basic ass rule like "no climbing on top of tables to do flash photography", we HAVE to ban ALL PHOTOGRAPHY FOR ETERNITY!??

CAN'T EVEN MANDATE A FUCKING COURT APPOINTED PHOTOGRAPHER FOR FUCKS SAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAKE?????????????????????

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago (1 children)

To be fair, in 1937 safety film was still fairly new (like 30 years old) and the only alternative was nitrocellulose whereas courtroom sketches were being done in the US as far back as John Brown's era and were definitively not 'distracting to a fair trial', so it isn't unreasonable to say "don't fix what's not broken" and just ban cameras outright at the time lol. Especially given even with safety film, flash photography was blinding and obnoxious (loud shutters, etc) even just assuming a single photographer.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Thats fair and all

I'm Just really fuckin mad because its been 90 (300) years of no one changing any of the dumb shit stuff in this damn country

Even small obvious things, fucks sake