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"Courts videoconference defendants to save money"

By Douglas A. Berman

The title of this post is the headline of this interesting piece from today's USA Today.  Here are excerpts: Everyone is entitled to his or her day in court, but a growing number of people get it without setting foot in a courtroom.  Courts across the country are embracing videoconferencing as a way for defendants to appear before a judge without leaving prison or jail, according to a recent survey by the National Center for State Courts. As state and local governments continue to see their budgets squeezed, they are increasingly looking for ways to save money through technology, says Kannan Sreedhar, managing director of Verizon Connected Healthcare Solutions.  When his company demonstrated its Telejustice products at a meeting of the Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials in Houston in August, he says, he was stunned by the level of interest...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on November 22, 2010 (boomark / email).