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Data Recovered From DVD Leads To Conviction, 24-Year Sentence
Lucas123 writes "The Santa Cruz, Calif. DA's office had been counting on a DVD with the recorded testimony of a victim in case against a serial rapist, but when they popped the video into the player, nothing came up — the disc was blank. To make matters worse, the cop who performed the original interview with the victim told the DA she never said she was 'forced,' so the judge wasn't going to allow the witness to testify in a case where her original statement to police was in conflict with her current testimony. After two local data recovery firms said there was no way to restore the data, a third was able to recover the police interview from two years earlier, which led the defendant to plead guilty earlier this month. Close call."
Hardware: Recovered Data From a Corrupt DVD Leads To Conviction, 24-Year Sentence
Why did my mind instantly jump to the conclusion that some data recovery tech worker did someone a favor, got sued by the MPAA, and got a 24-year sentence...
I can't believe the other "two local data recovery firms" got stumped by this simple problem.
Really. I wonder what the names of those two firms are, so we'll know who NOT to go to.
"I might have made a tactical error in not going to a physician for 20 years." -- Warren Zevon
Almost sounds like a DVD that wasn't finalized in a direct-to-dvd camcorder.
I think the GP overestimates the state of the art in 3D rendering and animation. I don't think any team anywhere could fake a video like that to the satisfaction of the people who were actually there. Much less do it in secret on a DA's budget.
Maybe the headline should read "incompetent data recovery nearly lets rapist get away"
Quite simple. *Never* talk to the police. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8z7NC5sgik