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NCJ Number: NCJ 215093     Find in a Library
Title: Using and Presenting Digital Evidence in the Courtroom: Mock Trial (DVD)
Corporate Author: National Institute of Justice
US Department of Justice
Office of Justice Programs
United States of America

US Dept of Justice Criminal Division, Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section
United States of America
Date Published: 02/2008
Page Count: 0
Sponsoring Agency: National Institute of Justice
US Department of Justice
Office of Justice Programs
United States of America

US Dept of Justice Criminal Division, Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section
United States of America
Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/NCJRS
Box 6000
Rockville, MD 20849
United States of America
Type: Technical Assistance
Language: English
Country: United States of America
Annotation: This two-disc DVD set of a mock trial presented in Courtroom 21 at the College of William and Mary has the primary aim of showing how digital evidence is used and presented in the courtroom.
Abstract: The opening DVD contains a section with introductions of trial participants and an overview of the purpose and content of the mock trial, followed by sections on jury instructions, a defense motion for suppression of evidence exhibits, and the testimony of two witnesses. The crimes being charged are related to an extortion attempt in which an anonymous caller to the head of a business threatened to damage the company's computer system unless he was paid a specified amount of money. The money was not paid, and the company computer system was then breached and damaged. An ex-employee of the company was arrested after an investigation and charged with extortion and damaging a computer system. The mock trial focuses on the prosecution's case-in-chief, with the aim of showing how digital evidence is used and presented. The second DVD presents the testimony of five witnesses, followed by the jury's verdict and jurors' comments.
Main Term(s): Court procedures
Index Term(s): Jury instructions ; Rules of evidence ; Computer abuse ; Computer related crime ; Computer aided investigations ; Computer crime investigative Training ; Computer evidence
Note: DVD, 2.5 hours in length. The first DVD of this set contains the same outer label as the second DVD of the set and thus fails to label the first DVD's content correctly.
   
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