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The petition against closing Alamance County District Court to spectators and reporters has been dismissed by the North Carolina Court of Appeals after county courts released an order allowing limited access.
“It doesn’t shock me, it s sort of a way of side-stepping a delicate issue,” said Mark Prak, a Raleigh based media lawyer who has represented the Times-News in the past. “We re in a pandemic and if there s judicial proceedings, there s got to be a way for the public to see them, and the press is the public s surrogates in most cases.
Reporters were turned away from District Court on Dec. 2 and Dec. 8 when cases connected to the Oct. 31 I am Change march and crackdown in Graham were before visiting Judge Fred Wilkins. Citing COVID-19 restrictions, Wilkins allowed only defendants, victims and lawyers into the courtroom.
Court affirms reporters’ access to hearings amid pandemic
GRAHAM (AP) Judges in North Carolina have announced new procedures for reporters to access hearings less than two weeks after a newspaper publisher was handcuffed and ordered out of a courtroom.
The News & Observer reports that Alamance County judges announced the policy after the newspaper and two other news outlets, the Alamance News and Triad City Beat, asked the North Carolina Court of Appeals to force the courts to let in journalists.
Friday’s order by the judges says reporters must request permission in advance to attend hearings, and up to five journalists will be allowed in a courtroom.
Alamance Judges Affirm Press Access To Hearings by Associated Press The Alamance County Courthouse. PAUL GARBER/WFDD FILE
Judges in North Carolina have announced new procedures for reporters to access hearings less than two weeks after a newspaper publisher was handcuffed and ordered out of a courtroom.
The News & Observer reports that Alamance County judges announced the policy after the newspaper and two other news outlets, the Alamance News and Triad City Beat, asked the North Carolina Court of Appeals to force the courts to let in journalists.
Friday s order by the judges says reporters must request permission in advance to attend hearings, and up to five journalists will be allowed in a courtroom.