I actually disagree, I like how Britain handles it-the media is allowed to record the trial, but can’t release any footage or discuss any details until the jury releases a verdict. I don’t think that the public should be getting real time updates, because our system is designed to have someone be innocent until proven guilty-and when the whole country is watching every second of a case, if the person is found to be innocent then the damage to their reputation is way too big.

I know people will often look at big cases like this and go “we should be able to see this though he is clearly guilty,” but that ignores the large number of false accusations and convictions that happen in this country. Our police don’t care about pursuing evidence, they care about locking someone up in the vast majority of cases-even if the evidence doesn’t work.

Imagine that you were accused of a murder that was on national news, but you knew you were innocent-would you really want footage of the trial broadcast in real time? I know I wouldn’t.