Judge rebuffs bid to bar cameras at Casey Anthony's jury selection - CNN

by mom_in_il Sun Apr 17, 2011 12:14 am

Judge rebuffs bid to bar cameras at Casey Anthony's jury selection
By the CNN Wire Staff
April 16, 2011 8:46 a.m. EDT

Excerpt:

(CNN) -- A lawyer for Casey Anthony, the Florida woman accused of killing her 2-year-old child, pushed Friday to prohibit cameras at jury selection for his client's upcoming trial -- a motion that the presiding judge said he would have to consider, but was not likely to support.

"We don't live in Egypt. We don't live in Libya," Orange County Superior Court Judge Belvin Perry Jr. said in an Orlando court about the idea of restricting news coverage. "There's a thing called the First Amendment. Whether we like it or not, it's in the Constitution."

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