In what ways could technology help or impede the criminal justice process?
If you were a criminal defendant, would you want your court proceedings to be recorded?
What if you were a plaintiff?
2007-08-30 05:58:54 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
I wouldn't have a problem with it being recorded, though I would have a problem with it being broadcast for public entertainment as often happens with high profile cases in some countries. - peoples lives are on the line and those involved must remain objective, and as such there is no room for the media until after proceedings are completed.
2007-08-30 06:05:14 · answer #1 · answered by miserable old git 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Help it from whose perspective? The DA? The alleged perpetrator? Very different results.
Actually, the best use of technology is during the investigation. Recording all contacts with witnesses and potential suspects goes a long way to avoiding, or at least documenting, abuses of police and prosecutorial discretion and abuse. Police are rarely well-trained in anything but getting a suspect, guilty or not.
Neurology actually has developed a fool-proof way to tell a liar from a truth-teller (the brain works differently for lies than for truth), but it has yet to be made available in a way that the criminal justice system can use it, and then it would have to be tested. It probably would also allow us to tell when a "witness" was remembering reality or false memories. That would be as revolutionary as DNA has been.
2007-08-30 13:11:09 · answer #2 · answered by thylawyer 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
of course you want them recorded for your protection and theirs.
2007-08-30 13:04:24 · answer #3 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋