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Criminal

Mar. 10, 2007

Panel Faults TV Access at Sex Offender's Review

A Riverside County judge was wrong to allow TV coverage of a court hearing to decide whether a three-time rapist should remain incarcerated in a state hospital, a state appellate panel held Thursday.

By John Roemer
Daily Journal Staff Writer

      A Riverside County judge was wrong to allow TV coverage of a court hearing to decide whether a three-time rapist should remain incarcerated in a state hospital, a state appellate panel held Thursday.
      The unanimous published opinion took a hard look at how to balance defendants' rights against the public's wish to see court proceedings televised. ...

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