And, just for the record, I am one who disagrees about Nola. She has been thrown into the spotlight with two very publicized cases (Carr brothers and BTK), and I have always been pleased with the way she represented herself and the City of Wichita. Keep in mind, when they held the original press conference announcing Dennis Rader’s arrest, that Rader had already admitted to the crimes during questioning. Stop badmouthing Nola for not being a media darling and be thankful that she is a good prosecutor.

Tony said it: the presence of the cameras changes the process, in many subtle and not so subtle ways. Attorneys for both sides find themselves acutely aware of that big stupid eye in the corner. And the camera is a one-eyed monster; it DOESN’T show as much as it shows.

And our courtroom proceedings do not exist so that trailer trash nationwide have something to watch over their post toasties and beer.

The only way for cameras in the courtroom to be fair is for all the hearings to be broadcast without interruptions, so that the public sees EXACTLY what the court (or jury, if a jury trial) sees. But that won’t happen; there would be no commercial breaks for selling toothpaste.

And that’s what this is really about. The media doesn’t care about the “public interest,” they care about attracting viewers to sell advertising.

What else is new?

Someone earlier said how dumb Nola looked in the Carr trial, well, i agree… Also in the BTK trial…

These attorneys tend to start to act and show them selves off rather than just sticking with the trail and the facts… they will try to stretch themselves out a bit to make themselves look good on the 10 o’clock news. give a good sound bite and all of that…

but i also do agree that it is a good look into the goings on in our courts… also give a look at the judges, always needed…

id say once you cut through the crap that both sides puts up to look good in front of the TV (example, Nola on the TV going, we caught him, ha ha ha), the trail will be a good one and he will be found guilty…

now what would be really cool is if they would televise his execution…

By the way, the sentence of guilty was CORRECT.

But, Maybe this will cause some very serious rethinking of these “sexual predator” laws essentially ostracizing people for having consentual sex. Perhaps going back to the “statuatory rape” idea instead of life sentences for this. She told all her friends since she was 12 she was going to go out and BE with him. From all accounts she was not raped against her will per se. The paper said he told people he was afraid of being arrested for the predator type stuff. Im afraid these laws will result in more of this.

I would urge us baby boomers to relook at our “summer of love” in the 60’s etc and see where and what you and your wife/girlfriends were doing…?? What were you doing from 18-22 during college when you came home to see your “underage” (15-17) girlfriend.

Perhaps some of you 20-30 somethings can investigate the year you were conceived. Was your mom 18? Was you dad OVER 18? if so then he was a “sexual predator” perhaps he or both should be turned in and held accountable.

Phil Kline would be in hog heaven with this.

I would urge you parents with males 18 and over to warn them about the consequences now vs then, such things as making use the the Booth Memorial homes that were in Wichita at one time for unwed mothers etc. Used to be only societal ostracization, now its a life time of never getting a job and living in a cave.

V.L.R.B!!

I still laugh sometime about the first time I watched Cspan and saw Robert Byrd.

Viva La Revolucion Blanco!!!