While there’s nothing like a televised celebrity defamation trial to bring about the doomsayers lamenting the end of Western Civilization, the debate over television cameras in the courtroom need not be restricted to the interests of television tabloids and their legions of viewers. Many of us have an interest in allowing courtroom proceedings to be recorded and broadcast for public consumption.
Allowing cameras into Canada’s courtrooms is the next logical step in the effort to bring accountability, transparency, and hopefully reform to Canada’s justice system. Television cameras in the courtroom would make the halls of justice far more accessible to the very public the judicial branch of government is supposed to serve.
While cameras should be allowed in the courtroom, certain precautions would have to be taken. In cases where children are involved, trials could be videotaped for use by accredited professionals subject to a judge or review board’s approval, but would be prohibited from broadcast. Sexual crimes of any kind would likely face similar restrictions to protect the identities of witnesses and victims, as well as to prevent such cases from becoming lurid and exploitative spectacles.
This shouldn’t be about ratings: accountability and achieving a higher degree of justice are the goals. However, this increased access would come at a prohibitive cost for trial-level proceedings, particularly those involving witnesses, jurors, defendants, and/or self-represented litigants. There is a real risk that broadcasting proceedings will contribute to the growing threat of disinformation that is rooted in systemic oppression like misogyny by creating footage that can be edited and distorted for audiences online.
The Depp v. Heard trial demonstrated the extent of social media’s toxic and distorting impact, with content creators using the trial to boost their own influence at the expense of the truth-finding process and the parties’ well-being.
This trial showed it’s of no benefit to the public to have cameras in the courtroom. Justice isn’t better served by having a bunch of trial memes on tik tok.
Wait a minute! I thought that Heard-Depp trail thing was just another one of thoae reality shows? That was real? Wowza. There I was thinking it was another hit collab from BPGF Inc. & MM studios(Big Pharma, Gates, Fauci) & MainstreamMedia. 1 distraction so far in this pandemic👍
It was cruel and inhumane to make her recount her r*pe and abuse in front of millions. period.
😂. Who writes your stuff Toronto Star? You’re either hilariously funny or ignorant. Canadian courts are basically filled with debt actions and foreclosures and contract interpretation and sad family law cases and divorces. No one cares or wants to watch. God.
Meanwhile the most prolific child sex/Human trafficking ring Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell gets nothing. Yes our justice protects the predatory class!
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