The Fake Trial of Michael Jackson

No doubt the Michael Jackson molestation trial has caught the imagination of a worldwide public, but presiding Judge Rodney S. Melville has banned cameras from his courtroom. In banning news cameras from the courtroom, the judge relinquished more control than if he had permitted them in, where his rules of coverage would have been binding. Gumpert and Drucker argue that it is time to permit cameras in the courtroom.