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  "name": "Price Daniel",
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      "slug": "1962-us-estes-v-texas-camera-ban",
      "title": "United States: Texas judge allows televised pretrial hearing in the Billie Sol Estes case; Supreme Court later limits cameras in criminal courtrooms",
      "occurred_on": "1962-09-24",
      "occurred_on_precision": "day",
      "country": "US",
      "country_name": "United States",
      "continent": "north-america",
      "jurisdiction": "US-TX",
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      "issue_of_the_day": "Estes's pretrial hearing had drawn dozens of cameramen and news photographers to the Tyler courtroom, and the Supreme Court weighed whether that presence had compromised the fairness of his trial.",
      "outcome": "reversed",
      "outcome_on": "1965-06-07",
      "outcome_note": "The Supreme Court reversed Estes's conviction on June 7, 1965, ruling that the televised proceedings had denied him due process of law.",
      "stage": "restrict",
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      "rsf": {
        "index": "RSF World Press Freedom Index",
        "year": 2026,
        "rank": 64,
        "of": 180,
        "label": "RSF 2026 rank: 64th of 180",
        "source_url": "https://rsf.org/en/index"
      },
      "era": "1960s",
      "granularity": "anchor",
      "status": "historical",
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      "summary": "A Texas state judge in Tyler allowed live television and photography at pretrial hearings and part of the criminal trial of financier Billie Sol Estes, over defense objections. On June 7, 1965, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled 5 to 4 that the resulting disruption denied Estes due process and reversed his conviction, while dissenting justices warned the decision could limit the public's ability to know what happens in courts.",
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