Media
May, 1994
In the annals of criminal law, the Nineties may go down as the decade of the video eyewitness. This video movement started in California, of course. It seemed at first--at least to this former prosecutor--a welcome phenomenon.The movement began with the Rodney King and Reginald Denny tapes. Like images of the Challenger disaster, or the Zapruder film, these video clips instantly burned into our nation's consciousness. First, four Los Angeles police officers pound Rodney King to a pulp. Then, Dam...
