Posted by chicagomedia.org on May 22, 2008 at 14:19:15:
Andy Austin, who's been a courtroom sketch artist for Channel 7 for nearly 40 years, has added words to her pictures.
Lake Claremont Press has published Rule 53: Capturing Hippies, Spies, Politicians, and Murderers in an American Courtroom, Austin's account of the criminal trials she's covered.
The book takes its title from the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure barring cameras but allowing sketch artists to work in courtrooms.