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Jul. 20, 2018

Judge unseals transcripts from criminal trial hearings

The judge also lifted his order that a journalist could not report proceedings he had already witnessed.

Judge unseals transcripts from criminal trial hearings
Santa Barbara County Superior Court Judge James Herman

SANTA BARBARA -- Judge James Herman on Thursday unsealed records of three criminal trial hearings he had closed to the press and public last Friday and Monday and also lifted his order that a journalist could not report proceedings he had already witnessed in which the judge expressed concerns about a mistrial.

Before closing that hearing on Friday and sending the lone reporter out of the courtroom, Herman had commented that because ...

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