If athletes use videotapes to improve their game, why not judges? Several states are using videotapes to see where judges could do better. "This doesn't mean that judges are not performing well, it just means that we need to continue to perform well and when necessary, perform better," said Charles R. Johnson of the Boston Municipal Court Department. Videotapes can show potential bias in a judge, according to David Givens, an anthropologist who has videotaped judicial behavior for seven years.
February 06, 2006 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
If golfers and football players use videotapes to improve their game, why not judges?
That’s the philosophy behind a pilot program in Massachusetts in which several judges were recently videotaped so they could see exactly how they act behind the bench.
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