Because cameras are excluded from the courtroom in a federal corruption trial, a TV station in Cleveland is covering the proceedings by having puppets read lines from the official court transcripts -- which it dubbed Puppet's Court. Former Cuyahoga County commissioner Jimmy DiMora (D) is on trial for allegedly steering contracts and offering jobs in return for bribes. "It's a satirical look at the trial ... placed at the end of the newscast," said WOIO 19 Action News director Dan Salamone.
