The Relevance of Technology in Courts of Law

The role of science is becoming more prominent in the current legal proceedings in Australia and many other countries across the world. According to Moriarty (48), there are various cases where criminals have been let free due to lack of evidence in court. This scholar says that it is challenging to prove charges against an individual, especially when the plaintiff is the only witness against the defendant. Courts of law are always bound by the law they interpret, and by ethics to prove beyond any reasonable doubt that the defendant committed a crime, and therefore, is guilty as charged. Because of this, there are instances where criminals have walked into freedom despite having committed crimes they are charged for in the courts. These unfortunate states of affairs have affected many victims of such crimes as they consider that there is no justice in the courts. For this reason, efforts have been made to ensure that such cases are eliminated. Technology has come out as a perfect solution in fixing such problems by using CCTV camera footage. This technological invention has become very common in the current courts as it is considered to give expert witness in cases where there is insufficient witness against the accused (Fabri 34). This research will focus on the use of technology, especially the use of CCTV camera footage in courts of law as an expert witness against accused persons.