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I certainly think cameras ought to be in courtrooms.

I think cameras should be in the courtroom, but they need to be managed properly. You need a judge to hold the line.

The problem with not having a camera is that one must trust the analysis of a reporter who's telling you what occurred in the courtroom. You have to take into consideration the filtering effect of that person's own biases.

If you take the cameras out of the courtroom, then you hide a certain measure of truth from the public.

Whereas if you have a camera in the courtroom, there's no filtering. What you see is what's there.

And if you take the cameras out of the courtroom, then you hide, I think, a certain measure of truth from the public, and I think that's very important for the American public to know.

I know the pundits and the news media have carried a lot of commentary about cameras in the courtroom, and there's a lot of controversy about it as a result of the Simpson case. But I have not had enough time to step back and enough time to evaluate that.

I have had positive experiences with cameras. When I have been asked to join experiments using cameras in the courtroom, I have participated; I have volunteered.

I have not fully had the opportunity to evaluate the impact of cameras in the courtroom.