Maryland court to webcast trials

Annapolis (MD) - Maryland's Court of Appeals, the highest court in the state, is putting into place plans to Webcast live sessions of the court, throwing its hat into the ring of a handful of other states that have a similar online outreach.

The Maryland court is pushing things quickly in order to be able to Webcast a high-profile same-sex marriage case, which begins on December 4. The current plan is to have the Webcasts go live starting this Thursday.

"It's all part of this outreach thing. Other courts have done it. I don't see why we shouldn't do it," said Maryland Chief Judge Robert M. Bell in an interview with the Baltimore Sun newspaper.

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