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Ricardo Harvin<p>The <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/legal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>legal</span></a> system is not at all about <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/justice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>justice</span></a>, but about justifying our <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/carceral" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>carceral</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/PrisonIndustrialComplex" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PrisonIndustrialComplex</span></a> which imprisons people at a much higher rate than any other country—about as many as <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a>—while, obscenely, inhumanely, and unjustly, creating massive <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/profits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>profits</span></a> for both "<a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/PrivatePrison" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PrivatePrison</span></a>" <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/corporations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>corporations</span></a> and contractors for <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/government" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>government</span></a>-run <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/jails" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>jails</span></a> and <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/prisons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>prisons</span></a>.</p><p>Our entire system must be rebuilt, and <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/courtrooms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>courtrooms</span></a> need to be included in that process.</p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/gHA7jEm9xMA?si=1SOAsvoKUwJq0Vh-" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">youtu.be/gHA7jEm9xMA?si=1SOAsv</span><span class="invisible">oKUwJq0Vh-</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>While cameras are common in state &amp; local <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/courtrooms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>courtrooms</span></a>, they are generally not allowed in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FederalCourtrooms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FederalCourtrooms</span></a>. The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Judicial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Judicial</span></a> Conference of the United States, the policymaking body for the courts, has allowed some pilot programs in recent decades focused on civil cases. Lawmakers in both parties have unsuccessfully pushed legislation to allow more <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/transparency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>transparency</span></a>.<br>During the pandemic, court policies were loosened, w/some federal courts using Zoom for hearings &amp; live-streaming audio of oral arguments.</p>
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