Order in the e-Court! 286
theodp writes "Every word spoken in the e-Courtroom where Branden Basham is on trial for his life appears immediately before the judge on a computer screen. There's a flat-screen monitor between every two seats in the jury box, a witness-box monitor with touch-screen features, and large-screen monitors for public viewing. Lawyers say e-Courtrooms help reduce trial time by making evidence display and tracking documents more efficient. 'It made the Chadrick Fulks' case three to five days shorter,' said an Assistant U.S. Attorney, referring to Basham's co-defendant, who plead guilty and was sentenced to death."
Re:This is a brilliant idea (Score:3, Informative)
And I though justice had nothing to do with money.. Boy how I was wrong.
Re:This is a brilliant idea (Score:4, Informative)
Re:My job (Score:2, Informative)
Your not only lying, you didn't even read the articles.
Re:My job (Score:2, Informative)
Re:My job (Score:5, Informative)
It is more like the defendent showing up in a suit, but then getting roughed up by the cops to look more ugly when he stands there.
Not that innovative (Score:3, Informative)
However, at least they're providing a users manual for the thing. I've seen quite a few teachers waste time with technology that they don't know how to deal with, and IT people who dont feel like taking the time out to ensure that things are setup correctly in the first place.
Re:My job (Score:5, Informative)
Take a look here [maricopa.gov] for a real view of the e-courtroom setups.
The cameras are voice activated, so only the person speaking will appear on the recording. Additionally, these are widely used in civil matters, so there is no "defendant" per se. And a "nice behind-the-scenes" tidbit. The hardware used to capture all of this? Tivo.
He pleade guilty to lesser charges, not the murder (Score:2, Informative)
Re:death? (Score:1, Informative)
RTFA (Score:4, Informative)
Re:My job (Score:2, Informative)
Please tell me you're not that naive. The whole world always has, does, and always will work like this, not just the courts. Study after study has shown that looks influence everything, and you're victim of this too, whether you like it or not.
Re:My job (Score:2, Informative)
This may be a troll, however there was an instance of manipulation of cover photos of news magazines during the O.J. Simpson debacle^H^H^H^H^H^H^Htrial [nodak.edu] that may have helped shape public opinion.
Re:Lawer Needed: Photoshop skills a plus (Score:4, Informative)
I will say this, though...the complexity of the digital system, the number of off network systems and password lockouts, etc, means that it's actually MUCH easier to fake a paper document than a digital one. Seriously...there's a bunch of low income college interns walking the stacks of the central file office, doing pulls and purges, and the security is not loose but not tight, either. Anybody can pull up a typewriter, write out a completely new arrest card, stick in a fake photo, and bam! Bye bye arrest record. When I worked there, we had a guy who after working for two weeks was removed because he had an arrest record nobody knew about. He didn't do anything funny in the stacks...but if he'd wanted to, he had two whole weeks to pull it off.
Re:This is a brilliant idea (Score:1, Informative)
Re:WHAT???? (Score:1, Informative)
If, however, you commit the sin with the intention to go through the motions of confession/repentence/atonement, you're not fooling anyone, least of all God. Every true Christian knows this. Thus it makes sense for a murderer to kill and then decide to confess his crime to the state, knowing he'll be executed for it.
And remember, Exodus 21:12 says "He that smiteth a man, so that he die, shall be surely put to death." Exodus 21:24 is my personal favorite Bible passage: "Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot"