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Data Recovered From DVD Leads To Conviction, 24-Year Sentence

Posted by Soulskill on from the put-that-in-a-safe-place dept.

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."

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  1. So it's not only the the 3rd world after all! by bogaboga · · Score: 0, Troll

    ...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..."

    So this stuff happens in the first world? While I am shocked, I am not that surprised at all. We as a nation have been "sinking" fast.

    From our auto industry's junk products, to corruption (Haliburton), nepotism and incompetence (Katrina), among our elected officials, it's been downhill for a long time.

    So just tell me...how is different would this story be if it happened in the 3rd world?

    1. Re:So it's not only the the 3rd world after all! by Faylone · · Score: 0, Troll

      In the 3rd world, they would have just had an execution, no interrogation.