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From: philip@pescadero.Stanford.Edu (Philip Machanick)
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Subject: Re: Manipulation of Courtroom Evidence
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Date: 22 Feb 90 19:18:57 GMT
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I was doing a demo of DTP concepts a year ago, and happened to be using
Image Studio. I hadn't used the program before, and was jut using it to
illustrate a point, when someone in the audience said, "Can you make
that tree disappear?" This I accomplished in about a minute. Imagine
what a skilled person could do.

Also, remember that the courtroom is but one context where this may be a
problem. A corrupt TV station/politician etc. could do a great job of
inventing "mud" for an opponent with a bit of creative editing.

Don't tell me this isn't happening already. The issue is not the
availability of tools, but checks on corruption inherent in a specific
form of society (including the way courts operate), surely.

Philip Machanick