Law on Display

A few weeks ago I ventured into the subject of what happens when computer rendering techniques are used to illustrate a digital forensic expert's theory of the case.

This book

http//www.astcweb.org/public/publication/article.cfm/1/22/1/Law-on-Display

discusses case law in which subjective opinion and thinking were transformed into a digital presentation and the effects that such transformation may have on a jury's ability to determine the truth.

I mention this because of a case in which I worked where the opposing expert used animation to describe how data was copied between systems using an intermediate computer and multiple USB devices. The presentation was compelling except that it relied on assumptions which were not demonstrated to be factually correct yet the judge was tempted to allow it, anyway, because he felt that the verbal explanation would be too complicated for the jury to understand (even though it was closer to the truth).