Technology and the Administration of Justice
Authors in this issue of The Judges' Journal consider the pandemic's effects on courtroom technology and acknowledge existing and emerging technologies that present opportunities and challenges to en…
Technology Part 2
Volume 63, Issue 2
Introduction
Features
Regulating Forensic Investigative Genetic Genealogy: The Case for Judicial Oversight and the Bipartisan Model Legislation Passed in Maryland
While forensic investigative genetic genealogy can aid in solving cold cases, exonerating the wrongly convicted, finding the source of unidentified human remains, it also raises concerns about protec…
It's Settled: How Technology Has Helped Magistrate Judges Be More Efficient and Effective
The daily challenges created by COVID required innovation to enable the aspects of day-to-day operations to succeed. Magistrate judges have continued to rely on, and benefit from, technological advan…
Bankruptcy Courts and the Post-Pandemic Use of Courtroom Audio- and Videoconferencing Technology
Judges Collins and Panos recount pre-pandemic federal practices regarding the use of audioconferencing and videoconferencing technology in bankruptcy courtrooms, pandemic measures instituted by the f…
Pandemic Policymaking in State Supreme Courts: Implications for the Administration of Justice
Mark presents findings on the variation in state supreme courts' direction of procedural change during the pandemic and offers policy recommendations.
Beyond the Mysterious: Forensic Science Standards and the Law
Judges who have an understanding of forensic science documentary standards will be better equipped to understand the scientific analysis of evidence that litigants seek to admit or preclude in their…
The Impending Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Digital Forensics
Digital forensics examiners must stay on top of all the latest technological advances because they will end up in a courtroom one day soon, in one form or another, as electronic evidence in a legal m…
Technology Column
The "Deepfake Defense": An Evidentiary Conundrum
Judge Dixon discusses the struggle to determine the appropriate considerations when the opposition claims evidence is a deepfake—a video or audio created or manipulated using artificial intelligence.