Victims’ Relatives Want TV In Court

Relatives of the Oklahoma bombing victims are seeking to bypass the ban on cameras in federal courthouses to provide closed-circuit coverage of the trial.

Defense attorneys have said they will oppose any closed-circuit broadcast. “I think it would produce a media circus,” Stephen Jones, a lawyer for bombing suspect Timothy McVeigh, said Tuesday. McVeigh and Terry Nichols are charged in the blast, and could get the death penalty if convicted.

Karen Howick, a Oklahoma City lawyer representing relatives of victims, wants a closed-circuit broadcast to accommodate families of the 169 people killed in the April 19 blast.