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From: wyle@inf.ethz.ch (Mitchell Wyle)
Newsgroups: comp.society
Subject: Re: Manipulation of Courtroom Evidence
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Date: 22 Feb 90 19:02:31 GMT
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> Any question on the quality of the picture is a question about the 
> quality of the witness.

Don't you have to sign photos, tapes, videos, etc.?  If it is doctored,
the person who signed it goes to jail for purgery, no?  It was always
possible to air-brush or retouch photos.  Computers don't make it that
much easier.  It was always possible to synthesize taped testimony.  Since
all this stuff needs a person behind it, computers won't hurt or hinder
the current courtroom system.

Mitchell