Order in the e-Court!

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."

Comments

The case in question...

[Ralph Spoilsport]

is pretty freakin' nasty, though - I don't think the technology would have helped either side's case - it just made the case go by faster.

I think that if there was a situation where the evidence required more tactile understanding I think this system will do the case a disservice. But this particular case - man - those people were first class assholes. I'm not for the death penalty - I would prefer to hand out a sentence of life imprisonment with Bubba The Butt Bandit. Torture is so much more amusing. But I know that's a big point of contention - Suffice to say, I think these asshats are going to get something similar to what they deserve, and the technology had no bearing on the distribution of justice.

It seems they were guilty Guilty GUILTY of really bad things.

RS