Court-Martial Trial Practice Blog
We may have reached, “a fairly critical point where traditional photographic evidence just isn’t as reliable as it used to be.” This according to our most recent podcast guest, Joe Kashi. In addition to being a trial attorney in Alaska, Joe has worked in automation technology and is himself a serious photographer. Recently Joe taught a two-part webinar series, “Using and Misusing Visual Evidence, Parts 1 and 2,” moderated by ALPS Risk Manager and podcast host, Mark Bassingthwaighte. In this interview Mark and Joe delve even deeper into how technology and the accessibility of photo editing software is changing how we view photographic evidence in the courtroom.
There has been some similar thought regarding emails and texts. There are a number of free easy apps to put on a cell phone that can allow spoofing of a email address or text. But what about photographs, that’s the point here. The quote comes from an interesting item:
ALPS In Brief Podcast – Episode 20: Can We Still Trust Photographic Evidence?
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