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Sep 18, 2020 Courtroom sketch artist Jane Rosenberg has been at the trials of the century, meticulously capturing the likes of Anthony Weiner, Bernie Madoff and Bill Cosby throughout her 40 years on the job. Ida Libby Dengrove was a courtroom artist who won two Emmy Awards for her illustrated coverage of the 'Son of Sam' trial of David Berkowitz and the 'Murder at the Met' trial of Craig S. Using chalk pastels and charcoal pencils on a 14-by-17 sketch pad, she captured Sex Pistols bassist Sid Vicious as an accused murderer. Vicki Ellen Behringer's colorful artistic style and speed sets her apart from other courtroom artists. Her renditions of famous and infamous trials capture not just the likeness and personalities of the subjects but include all the drama and emotion of the. 2016 VW emmissions fraud, SF Federal Court; 2016 Babulal Bera campaign fraud; 2016 Silas Duane Boston; 2018 Climate Change tutorial, SF Fed Court; 2018 Apple v. Samsung; 2018 Omar Ameen; 2018 John Lee Cowell (BART Stabber) Fine art.
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GhostShip Warehouse Fire trial 2019
1996-98 Unabomber Ted Kaczynski
2018 Golden State Killer, Joseph James DeAngelo
2004 Scott Peterson
1996 Richard Allen Davis trial
2005 Michael Jackson
2009 BART shooting, Meserele prelim
2011 Barry Bonds trial
2010 Prop 8, Same Sex Marriage trial
2012 William Lynch trial, Priest beating
2012 Apple v Samsung
2013 Fowler, juvenille murder case
2013 Apple v Samsung retrial
2014 SFPD corruption SF Federal court
2014 Hunter Moore Revenge Porn King
2013 Ross Ulbricht, silk road
2014 Keuger and Warner, murder of 3YO daughter
2014 Yan Feng Chinese Consulate firebomb
2014 Turner v Kern County
2014 Brian Caputo Sextortion case
2014 Dustin Gran teen assasin murder Madera
2014 Sen. Yee, Shrimpboy Chow and friends SF
2014 Apple v Samsung
2014 49er Aldon Smith
2014 Ed O Bannon v NCAA
Joseph Corey Trial, Animal Control officer murder
2015 Pao v Kleiner Perkins
2014 Stockton Bankruptcy
2015 Frozen Embryo Trial, Findley v Lee
2014 - 201? Luis Bracamontes & Janelle Monroy
2015 - Matthew Muller
2015 - 2016 Nicholas Teausant Potential terrorist
2015 Ray Shrimpboy Chow trial
2016 Aws Mohammed Younis Al-Jayab Sacramento
2016 Bearded Bank Robber Kenneth Ellis
Matthew Keys internet terrorist sentencing
2016 Cal PERS Fred Buenrostro sentencing
2016 VW emmissions fraud, SF Federal Court
2016 Babulal Bera campaign fraud
2016 Silas Duane Boston
2018 Climate Change tutorial, SF Fed Court
2018 Apple v. Samsung
2018 Omar Ameen
2018 John Lee Cowell (BART Stabber)
Fine art
Julia Quenzler never draws a line in court. She, and the handful of other court artists working in the UK, are prevented from doing so by an Act of Parliament dating back to 1925.
Instead, she writes brief notes to herself about the hair, facial features, clothing and body language of the main players, before scuttling off to the press room to commit the image to paper.
'It's all done from memory; I rarely refer to the notes unless there are many defendants in the dock and I need to remind myself if Number Three had a blue or white shirt on,' Mrs Quenzler says.
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The only people she's barred from faithfully representing are the jurors. 'Instead I do the backs of their heads - even that I make up so there's no risk of identifying them.'
She always watches for the defendant's reaction - if any - to the verdict. 'It's nice to be able to capture that.'
And demeanour, posture and body language can be very revealing. She recalls Maxine Carr's pre-trial hearing via a video link from prison, during which the woman accused of giving Soham murderer Ian Huntley an alibi became visibly distressed. 'And she was wearing a Daffy Duck shirt; that was an amazing image.'
American tradition
Mrs Quenzler's career as a court artist started in California, and on her return to the UK in the early 1980s, she set about persuading the BBC to take her on.
She always watches for the defendant's reaction - if any - to the verdict. 'It's nice to be able to capture that.'
And demeanour, posture and body language can be very revealing. She recalls Maxine Carr's pre-trial hearing via a video link from prison, during which the woman accused of giving Soham murderer Ian Huntley an alibi became visibly distressed. 'And she was wearing a Daffy Duck shirt; that was an amazing image.'
American tradition
Mrs Quenzler's career as a court artist started in California, and on her return to the UK in the early 1980s, she set about persuading the BBC to take her on.
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And when Mr Neil was appointed head of news and current affairs, court drawings became a staple of TV bulletins.
Since then, her assignments have taken her across the UK - and abroad - to capture notable trials for the BBC. Her subjects have included General Pinochet during his extradition hearing; the Princess Royal, in the dock after her dog attacked two children; and the Lockerbie bombers.
'The job I found the most horrific was the James Bulger case. It was so heart-breaking because the accused were boys themselves. I heard things during that case that I still can't get out of my mind.'
Also emotionally draining was the Harold Shipman case, in which the GP was convicted of killing 15 of his elderly patients. It was too close to home, as two years beforehand her own mother had died in hospital, a death which sparked a police investigation.
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'And then there are trials like the Who Wants to be a Millionaire? cheats - that was pure fun. It's always good to have a trial like that after a particularly nasty one.'
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But how long will court drawings be around for? Aside from the prospect of cameras being allowed in courts, some TV bulletins have this week been using a virtual courtroom for their coverage of Sion Jenkins' murder appeal with photographs of Jenkins, the court officials and witnesses.
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'I think it's a step backwards rather than forwards - they were using photos before I came on the scene 20 years ago, and drawings proved to be far more revealing. But then, I would say that, wouldn't I?'
