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Why are the cases being streamed on the internet?

• lmilcin 5y ago
  Criminal court proceedings are normally open to public by default in many jurisdictions. The idea being that law is applied in public to keep process in check, unless there are exceptional reasons not to do so.
  • DaiPlusPlus 5y ago
    ...and with public viewing galleries in courts closed or access-limited due to covid, live-streaming over the Internet is the straightforward replacement. Though there is a substantial difference between having an modestly-sized, in-person audience of dispassionate local journalists, plaintiffs, relatives and the occasional curious member of the public - and having potentially thousands of Internet gawkers and potential doxxers. Especially in cases like rape/sexual-assault and the like: there's definitely a public-interest (for the accused, the victim, the guilty and the innocent alike) in having a limited audience. ...can/would any judges agree to limit the public streaming audience to a smaller number in those cases?