Attorneys for a man accused of stabbing four University of Idaho students to death late last year want cameras banned from his courtroom.
is charged with four counts of murder in connection with the deaths at a rental house near the university campus in Moscow, Idaho, last November. A judge entered a not-guilty plea on Kohberger's behalf earlier this year. Latah County Prosecutor Bill Thompson has said he intends to seek theKohberger was a graduate student studying criminology at Washington State University, which is a short drive from the scene of the killings across the state border.
In a court document filed late last month, defense attorneys Anne Taylor and Jay Logsdon said the media pool photographers and videographers violated the judge's orders to show a wide shot of the courtroom and avoid recording images of notes on the attorneys' tables. "The cameras' continued exclusive focus on Mr. Kohberger provides fodder for observers and purported 'analysts' on social media, who are not bound by notions of journalistic integrity and who have potentially an even greater reach than traditional media outlets," the defense attorneys wrote, pointing out unflattering posts about Kohberger on social media.
In a court document filed last week, Olson noted that news organizations also ran images including close-ups of the judge and experts who have testified in the case. Courtroom cameras provide the public with government transparency and increase understanding about the responsibilities of the judicial branch, she wrote and can counter false or misleading narratives that frequently spread on social media sites.
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