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TUCSON - Inside the former Pima county courthouse built in 1928 is the oldest working courtroom in southern Arizona. A courtroom that's gone high tech.

Justice of the peace Jose Luis Castillo says "we've released the pleadings online...we released the decision online and we've released the oral argument online so people can hear all three aspects of it."

History has been made inside this courtroom.

1929, Eva Dugan the first and only woman to be executed in Arizona. She was convicted and sentenced here.

1934, public enemy number one, John Dillinger and his gang appeared in this courtroom and were extradited to Indiana.

From 1974-76 the television series Petrocelli was filmed here.

And then in 1980, Richard Pryor and gene wilder used it for the move "stir crazy".

1984, Kidco, a children's' comedy was also filmed here.

Judge Castillo says, "we did the first cyber trial about two years ago using the internet, we're doing this work to advance the use of technology so more people will be able to see what happens in this their courtrooms."

A decision setting well with the public, Deborah Wesley says "I think its great we're going high tech we're catching up with the times everything else is done that way why not."