Laws against surreptitiously recording someone extend to home devices like robot vacuums, but those recordings can still be used against you in court.
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The 1989 trial of Desmond Applebee shows the challenge of interrogating novel scientific evidence – a challenge that persists in Australia today.
Video evidence can be powerful at a trial – but it does not always lead to a fair rendering of justice.
Indistinct forensic audio is often ‘enhanced’ to make it sound clearer. But how effective are the techniques that are used? A new experiment suggests they can be highly misleading.
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Assistant Professor in Media Studies, University of Colorado Boulder
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Director of the Research Hub for Language in Forensic Evidence, The University of Melbourne
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Research Fellow in Medico-Legal History, Australian National University
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Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice; Professor of Interdisciplinary Forensics; Affiliate Professor of Law, Arizona State University
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Associate Professor of Digital Forensics, Arizona State University
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Assistant Professor of Interdisciplinary Forensics, Arizona State University