Why are illustrators hired to capture trials? Going where cameras cannot and recording everything from Charles Manson’s trial to Supreme Court proceedings, these artists play a crucial role in showing the public what happens behind closed doors. We speak with veteran courtroom illustrators Bill Robles, Jane Rosenberg, Arthur Lien, and Elizabeth Williams to discover if artists can ever be objective observers.

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This episode includes audio clips from Chicago (2002) by Rob Marshall, The Aviator (2004) by Martin Scorsese, and To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) by Robert Mulligan.