Monday, in "Le Parisien", the Minister of Justice Eric Dupond-Moretti proposes that the trials be fully filmed and broadcast.
In France, such a device remains an exception for the moment.
And some players in the sector are worried about the consequences of such an upheaval.
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It is a new debate that Éric Dupond-Moretti proposes to open.
In an interview published Monday in
Le Parisien
, the Minister of Justice says he wants the trials to be "totally" filmed and broadcast, indicating that he will carry this project "before the end of the five-year term".
But today, video capture of trials remains an exception.
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Only certain historical trials are filmed.
This is the case, for example, of that of the January 2015 attacks, which is currently taking place in Paris.
There are also rare exceptions for documentaries.
Otherwise, any recording of a trial has been banned since a 1954 law, after the Dominici trial, which was largely disrupted by photographers.
"Justice must show itself to the French"
Half a century later, Eric Dupond-Moretti explains in the columns of the
Parisian
that "justice must be shown to the French".
However, this is not the opinion of the Constitutional Council, which precisely ruled on the subject last December.
No way, had estimated the Sages, based on the arguments ... of Matignon, played by Philippe Blanc, government commissioner.
"It is not only the presumption of innocence of the accused person that could be compromised if the images of his trial are broadcast before it has ended," he warned.
"Excessive media coverage would be likely to seriously undermine the right to respect for the private life of the parties to the trial, the security of legal actors and, in general, the good administration of justice if this were exposed. adrift that would constitute its transformation into a spectacle. "