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To: calcowgirl

I thought the court reporters typed up the transcripts nightly? At least that is what I learned when I took a court reporting class.


59 posted on 02/06/2007 6:39:52 PM PST by Arizona Carolyn
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To: Arizona Carolyn

Typically, they would be available within a few days after the trial is complete.. even in prolonged trials with lots of testimony etc.

A few weeks might apply here, worst case, jmo. 2 months seems a bit out there.

I have 2 nieces that do court reporting and such, make good money too.


72 posted on 02/06/2007 6:43:33 PM PST by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ......)
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To: Arizona Carolyn

I used to think that too. I did a little reading on it and found that thought to be outdated based on how they do it today.

As far as I could determine, the current process provides that an electronic record of the testimony is kept (in audio). It is only transcribed to text by the court reporter if someone requests it, and agrees to pay for it based on a predetermined price. I presume that's where the $3 dollars per page estimates come from. The court reporters make money by selling transcripts--that's why they also don't make any of them available online. Theoretically, this court reporter didn't even start the job until the first transcript request was filed on November 16, 2006.


100 posted on 02/06/2007 6:52:49 PM PST by calcowgirl ("Liberalism is just Communism sold by the drink." P. J. O'Rourke)
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To: Arizona Carolyn
I thought the court reporters typed up the transcripts nightly?

Maybe not if they would be embarrassing to the Court.

278 posted on 02/06/2007 8:25:48 PM PST by arthurus (Better to fight them over THERE than over HERE)
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