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Need for courtroom artists fades as cameras move in

Some lament the passing of an art form

By Michael Tarm

 |  Associated Press  

  January 29, 2012

Sketch artists have been the public’s eyes at high-profile trials for decades, but their ranks are thinning as states move to lift longstanding bans on cameras in courtrooms.

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