It is these more sensational cases, the opponents said, that would most likely be influenced by camera coverage, particularly television.
"There are going to be more and more sensational cases until people decide that we should get involved in this," he said.
The public does of course hear about the sensational cases when they appear in the press or television.
The lawyer thinks it'll be a sensational case, and I'm sure he's right.
"Olivetti is the first sensational case, but unfortunately it will not be the last."
The people had come to witness a sensational case, to see celebrities, to get material for conversation, to be seen, to kill time.
He'd been on the force twelve years, and this was by far the most sensational case he'd ever known.
In 1963, as today, some sensational cases made headlines for weeks.
And despite the sensational cases that periodically grab the headlines, it doesn't get nearly enough attention.
He took only sensational cases with lots of headlines and cameras.