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The judge presiding over the Lori Vallow Daybell case considered a motion to ban cameras in the courtroom during Tuesday’s hearing.
According to East Idaho News, prosecutors and Davell’s lawyers are backing a proposal to ban cameras in courtrooms during trials that begin in January.
Lori Barrow, 49, and her then-husband, 54, are accused of murdering two of Barrow’s children and posthumously collecting Social Security benefits that were in their children’s names.
The so-called “cult mom” Burrow and her husband were indicted in May 2021 on charges of grand theft with deception, conspiracy to commit first-degree murder, first-degree murder, and conspiracy to commit related first-degree murder. rice field. to the deaths of her children, Tyree Ryan, 17, Joshua “JJ” Barrow, 7, and Davell’s ex-wife, Tammy Davell.
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Prosecutors allege the couple were involved in apocalyptic religious beliefs that justified the murder.
Her children have been missing for months, and police said the couple lied about the children’s whereabouts and then went to Hawaii. Discovered in
According to the report, Burrow’s attorney, Jim Archibald, put cameras in the courtroom “needed to prove her innocence, not the state having to prove her guilty.” claimed.
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He said both the prosecution and the defense believe in press freedom, but “we don’t believe it includes the press.”
“We let the media crack down, but what did they do? They put the microphones on our table and the cameras in front of us,” said Archibald. Told.
According to the report, both the defense and the prosecution said “constant media exposure” could prevent Valor from getting a fair trial.
Several media outlets have filed motions opposing the motion.
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A lawyer for the media outlet said: news media Complying with a court order at an earlier hearing.
“I’m sorry that defense attorneys feel misled for not noticing the microphone, but it was approved first and foremost along with the camera,” Wright said. It makes a big difference to tell the court that it should only be open to people who want to come and sit, because if it’s broadcast to others, it puts her rights at risk.”
Audrey Conklin of Fox News contributed to this report.