Government,
Judges and Judiciary
Aug. 10, 2023
Cameras in the courtroom may be the only way to shine light on the truth
With the impending trials of former president Donald Trump, the legitimacy of our legal institutions balances on a knife’s edge. Wide swathes of the public believe the courts and their processes to be illegitimate.
Allan Parachini
Allan is a former public information officer for the Los Angeles County Superior Court.
I spent more than eight years as the public information officer for the Los Angeles Superior Court, the largest trial court in the country with nearly 600 courtrooms, 4,800 employees and more than 400 judges.
My day-to-day responsibilities included managing the media scrum for some of the most notorious high profile cases of celebrities, politicians and others.
Historically, because of the large proportion o...
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