ment ▁which ▁can ▁und erm ine ▁the ▁dign ity ▁of , ▁and ▁respect ▁for , ▁our ▁jud icial ▁institutions . ▁Bry an ▁Go eb el ▁counter - arg ues ▁that ▁there ▁is ▁no ▁evidence ▁to ▁support ▁claims ▁that ▁cam eras ▁have ▁any ▁greater ▁psych ological ▁effect ▁than ▁a ▁pack ed ▁court room ▁of ▁str angers ▁or ▁that ▁the ▁cam eras ▁und erm ine ▁truth ful ▁testim ony . ▁It ▁has ▁been ▁pointed ▁out ▁that ▁in asm uch ▁as ▁no ▁trial ▁can ▁be ▁reprodu ced ▁in ▁labor atory ▁conditions , ▁scientific ▁experiment ation ▁is ▁not ▁possible , ▁and ▁we ▁thus ▁have ▁no ▁empir ical ▁data ▁on ▁the ▁effect ▁of ▁television ▁on ▁a ▁criminal ▁trial . ▁ ▁It ▁has ▁been ▁argued ▁that ▁because ▁the ▁majority ▁of ▁Americans ▁have ▁had ▁no ▁personal ▁experience ▁with ▁the ▁legal ▁system , ▁and ▁because ▁the ▁majority ▁of ▁Americans ▁get ▁their ▁information ▁about ▁the ▁world ▁sole ly ▁from ▁television , ▁the ▁port ray al ▁of ▁justice ▁on ▁television ▁is ▁extremely ▁important ▁to ▁the ▁continued ▁vi ability ▁of ▁the ▁legal ▁system ▁and ▁to ▁the ▁individual ' s ▁understanding ▁of ▁that ▁system . ▁Senator ▁Charles ▁Sch umer ▁argued , ▁" C our ts ▁are ▁an ▁important ▁part ▁of ▁our ▁government , ▁and ▁the ▁more ▁our ▁government ▁institutions ▁are ▁shown ▁to ▁the ▁public , ▁the ▁more ▁dign ified ▁they ▁become , ▁and ▁the ▁more ▁the ▁public ▁comes ▁to ▁understand ▁them . ▁Allow ing ▁cam eras ▁into ▁our ▁court rooms ▁will ▁help ▁dem yst ify ▁them ▁and ▁let ▁the ▁public ▁evaluate ▁how ▁well ▁the ▁system