I agree that trials should not be televised, but I disagree with your reasons:
- The news is representative of the people and have as much of a right as any citizen to attend.
- Executions come years later after the trial and appeal trials, so your book idea may not be favorable to interested parties. There are true crime books written today that still have pending appeal trials or pending executions. Also court transcripts are available to the public and contains every spoken word at a trial. Some transcripts are even available online.
- Transcript fees go to the court; any true crime book purchase goes to the publisher.
Maybe I'm just a murder-freak (I do study Criminology after all), but I think that exposure is good for a society. For one, it informs them of issues in the community and can possibly influence new policies to prevent a repeat or inspire new modes of security. The people ought to have the right to know!
I agree that trials should not be televised, but I disagree with your reasons:
- The news is representative of the people and have as much of a right as any citizen to attend.
- Executions come years later after the trial and appeal trials, so your book idea may not be favorable to interested parties. There are true crime books written today that still have pending appeal trials or pending executions. Also court transcripts are available to the public and contains every spoken word at a trial. Some transcripts are even available online.
- Transcript fees go to the court; any true crime book purchase goes to the publisher.
Maybe I'm just a murder-freak (I do study Criminology after all), but I think that exposure is good for a society. For one, it informs them of issues in the community and can possibly influence new policies to prevent a repeat or inspire new modes of security. The people ought to have the right to know!