NC court’s pilot program puts audio recordings on PACER 
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Published: January 14, 2010
RALEIGH--J. Rich Leonard, a bankruptcy judge for the Eastern District of North Carolina, has been at the forefront of an experiment in seven states to see whether making digital recordings available online is useful for the public.
The Judicial Conference, the policy-making body for all U.S. courts, will vote in March ...
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