26 May 2017
“The vast majority of cases in our state courts are resolved with little or no fanfare,” NCSC President Mary McQueen said. “But when public scrutiny focuses on a particular trial – whether it involves a heinous crime, a celebrity, or a societal issue – judges and other court leaders need effective tools to help them manage intense media, security, and crowd issues, especially in a rapidly evolving technological environment.”
Judges and court professionals now have online access to the tools necessary to plan and manage high-profile cases in their courts. The new website offers best practices, techniques, and tools that have proven useful to courts that have experienced high-profile trials, in addition to checklists to help the trial judge, administrative officer, security personnel, jury managers, and others provide public access while ensuring a fair trial. The website also features the top six considerations for courts confronted with a high-profile trial, and helps provide answers to these issues and questions.