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Well I am judging, and feel free to rip me apart. The tax payers help fund this trial and support PF's needs in prison- food, shelter, medical care, etc. The tax payers ARE the public! They have a right to know what happened to Kelsey and who the characters are that partook in this heinous crime.
This is garbage. The could allow a few media outlets with cameras/mikes set up inside and put it on TV for those who want to watch- maybe some family members of Kelsey's who live far away and can't come would like to watch it at home or record it for after work to watch. Or even KK's and PF's families, not that I give a whiff about any of them, but I do realize some of the are innocent and had nothing to do with this crime.
Media is pretty good about letting other media outlets use their live streams, so they wouldn't need all media outlets inside, but let a couple in, dammit! They're not the ones that cause the commotions in the court room. This is just outrageous to me.
No need to rip you apart!

Perhaps you're not aware that it's actually Colorado State Law that explicitly prohibits the live coverage you seek. Seems to me there's been no success in changing the law -- and not because they've not tried.
For criminal trials, it's Colorado statute (Rule 3 - Chapter 38) which provides that Expanded Media Coverage (EMC) only considered for arraignments and advisements. When the Court has approved EMC, media does in fact share a pooled camera as you suggested.
Colorado Rule 3 noted below, and here's also the link for other State rules governing cameras in their courtrooms:
Cameras in the Courtroom - Media Relations State Links | NCSC.org
Rule 3 of Chapter 38 of the Colorado Supreme Court Rules explicitly lays out in subsection (3) that, “[n]otwithstanding an authorization to conduct expanded media coverage of a proceeding, there shall be no: (a) expanded media coverage... in criminal cases, except advisements and arraignments[.]”, emphasis added.
It's official -- District Court Judge Scott A. Sells denied expanded media coverage (EMC) for 10/18/19 pre-trial readiness, and coverage for the 10/28/19 jury trial.
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