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Perspective

Feb. 5, 2016

Letter to the editor: reporter debate misses obvious answers

The debate over who has to pay the extraordinary cost of hiring shorthand reporters to record all court proceedings overlooks the obvious fact that no one should be compelled to pay that much for a record of proceedings. By Robert Louis Fisher

The debate over who has to pay the extraordinary cost of hiring shorthand reporters to record all court proceedings overlooks the obvious fact that no one should be compelled to pay that much for a record of proceedings. ["High court to dig into court reporter policy," Jan. 29].

Courtrooms could be wired for sound recording for a fraction of the cost of hiring court reporters. Transcribing only those portions of the recorded proceedings that...

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