If trials were on the television, the cases that could illuminate and explain our legal system would be largely ignored
Sir, John Ryley (Opinion, Feb 25) argues that televising trials would lead to better-informed jurors. His assurances are reminiscent of those given when it was agreed that cameras could be allowed into Parliament.
However, apart from those who are interested enough to trawl the Parliament channel in search of select committee hearings, all that that the majority of viewers see is the knockabout of Prime Minister’s Questions. I fear the same would apply were cameras allowed in court. Cases that could illuminate and explain our legal system would be largely ignored, watched only by law students. Meanwhile, trials involving celebrities,