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Cameras in the Courtroom

Yasmin Rammohan | January 31, 2012, 9:30 am

The O.J. Simspon trial set the precedent for televised trials. Cook County Chief Judge Tim Evans is here to talk about how Cook County might benefit from the new rule allowing cameras in Illinois circuit courts.

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