It's amazing to see the array of technologies being introduced into courtrooms around the world. I'll be researching this area and considering: a future of e-trial in the posthuman e-court? Here are a few links:
High Tech Courtrooms Resource Guide:
http://www.ncsc.org/Topics/Technology/High-Tech-Courtrooms/Resource-Guide.aspx
I've heard from another research candidate that the Scottish Courts are impressive:
http://www.scotcourts.gov.uk/resources/courtroomtech/courtroomtechlist.asp?dir=sheriff
The Center for Legal and Court Technology (formerly the Courtroom 21 project):
http://www.legaltechcenter.net/default.aspx
http://www.legaltechcenter.net/aspx/about%20the%20courtroom.aspx
Apparently the McGlothlin Courtroom at William & Mary Law School is the most technologically advanced courtroom in the world. It allows multiple remote appearances, electronically presented evidence and web-published court records.
Refer to: http://www.legaltechcenter.net/aspx/demos.aspx
And thanks to Ruth Skilbeck for mentioning:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/1791596.stm
"Creating a virtual Bloody Sunday" - this story looks at the Bloody Sunday Inquiry into what happened in Londonderry on 30/01/72 when 13 protestors were killed. The Inquiry, which had 1,500 witnesses to an event that happened 30 years prior, used virtual reality technology to re-create 1972 Derry.
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