Where is the science?
Well it's happened again. First a case in Pennsylvania, now a case in Georgia
What I'd like to know is where is the science that would prove that someone knowingly stored these images. To quote one of the judges in the panel "It's not enough, wrote Miller for the panel, to prove a defendant has pornographic images in the inaccessible cache files of his computer."
This is yet another failure of the experts and prosecution to make their case in a clear and concise manner that is backed by something other than "well my super-duper automated toolkit found these images in the temporary internet files directory."
Folks, this has got to stop. It's time we find a solution to the following claims:
...arguing that the state hadn't shown he knowingly possessed the images because he hadn't taken any affirmative action to store the photos on his computer, was unaware the computer had automatically saved the images and had no ability to access the saved images.
We need something scientific that would prove that the only way one could store those images is knowingly, and unless deleted, he had the ability to access the saved images - without special software. If we can't do this, then we might as well pack it up and find new jobs.
Thoughts welcome.
What I'd like to know is where is the science that would prove that someone knowingly stored these images. To quote one of the judges in the panel "It's not enough, wrote Miller for the panel, to prove a defendant has pornographic images in the inaccessible cache files of his computer."
This is yet another failure of the experts and prosecution to make their case in a clear and concise manner that is backed by something other than "well my super-duper automated toolkit found these images in the temporary internet files directory."
Folks, this has got to stop. It's time we find a solution to the following claims:
...arguing that the state hadn't shown he knowingly possessed the images because he hadn't taken any affirmative action to store the photos on his computer, was unaware the computer had automatically saved the images and had no ability to access the saved images.
We need something scientific that would prove that the only way one could store those images is knowingly, and unless deleted, he had the ability to access the saved images - without special software. If we can't do this, then we might as well pack it up and find new jobs.
Thoughts welcome.
