Prosecutors: Don’t televise theater shooting trial

Published September 8, 2014 9:24pm ET



DENVER (AP) — Prosecutors in the Colorado theater shooting case joined defense lawyers in opposing television coverage inside the courtroom during the trial, saying it would inflict intense and hurtful attention on victims who testify.

In a court filing dated Friday and made public Monday, prosecutors also argued that television coverage could change the way trial witnesses behave.

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