It's the comment outside the presence of the jury that got prosecutor Lisa Green riled up: "She's playing to the cameras." Moments earlier Green was talking about what detectives in this case believed, namely that Vincent Brothers is a baby killer. The defense called the phrase character assassination. And they said by repeating the phrase, Green was overstepping her bounds. The courtroom drama brings up a good point: the presence of cameras in the courtroom. It changes everything.
The court reporter does take down everything that's said in court on the record. But unless the judge takes note, teh record doesn't capture the eye rolls, the heavy sighs and the smirks. That's the stuff of television. The reactions our cameras have caught sometimes tell the whole story. So what do you think? Are the attorneys (both sides) in this case playing to the cameras, and perhaps trying to sway public opinion? And are they trying to slip out information and ideas into the public forum that is not being put before the jury?
