I was hired by KSTP-TV to do some courtroom sketching today in St. Paul. Quick background: In 1989 eleven-year-old Jacob Wetterling was abducted by a masked gunman and has never been seen since. Whatever became of Jacob remains a mystery. Since then Wetterling has become something of a poster child for abducted children and his parents have become high-profile advocates for children's safety. Everyone Minnesotan who...
Courtroom sketch artist Jane Rosenberg is the latest target of the internet's ridicule thanks her unsuccessful drawing of NFL quarterback Tom Brady. As a courtroom sketch artist myself, I have a few thoughts to share. [youtube_sc url=veO_U_FAYNs width=450]...
My apologies for the horrible pun in the title of this post. In addition to my normal illustration work, every once in a while I get requests from the local media to do a little courtroom sketching. My courtroom sketches have been purchased for broadcast by MSNBC, ESPN, 20/20, Good Morning America, the NFL Network, and the NNS. I’ve worked on court cases...
Today Amy Senser finally took that stand and got a chance to tell her side of the story. A very emotional day, and everyone in the courtroom seemed riveted as she spoke. Everything should wrap up tomorrow and then I'll start getting busy catching up on other client work. [caption id="attachment_4026" align="aligncenter" width="450" caption="The defense attorney asks Amy Senser to explain...
Today the prosecution wrapped up their case against Amy Senser in her hit-and-run trial. All along Mrs. Senser has insisted she thought she had struck a construction barrel with her car instead of a human being. The state is attempting to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that she must have known she had hit someone instead of something. To do that...
Today two of the three key witnesses were teenagers. Because they were minors the judge instructed all of courtroom sketch artists to not sketch them. At all. We asked if we could just draw outlines or even genderless mannequin-like "ghost" shapes and even that request was denied. The judge was very nice about it but he wasn't taking any chances....
