Travis County’s Blackwell-Thurman Criminal Justice Center, Austin, Texas. Photo: Google maps
In what could be the start nationwide trend, two Texas counties are among courts in at least four states that are creating public computer stations for litigants to connect to video conference court proceedings. It's a solution to concerns that the digital divide could bar some people from remote court.
May 29, 2020 at 03:11 PM
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Zoom stations are popping up in the Travis County criminal courthouse in Austin.
Complete with computer, webcam, microphone—plus hand sanitizer and gloves—the Zoom stations will allow unincarcerated criminal-defendants to join remote plea hearings to resolve their cases, which have been put on hold since March, said Debra Hale, Travis County criminal court administrator.
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