Making the Most of Video Evidence in Criminal Defense | NACDL Race Matters 2024
May 2024
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2 min read
NACDL’s 7th Annual Seminar, Race Matters:
Addressing the Intersection of Race in the Criminal Legal System, explores how race impacts every phase of a criminal case—from initial police encounters and media portrayal to pre-trial litigation and trial proceedings. This series is dedicated to confronting the challenging issues related to race within the American legal system.
At the NACDL’s 7th Annual Seminar, Reduct presented a brief training session titled "Making the Most of Video Evidence in Criminal Defense." The session highlighted how body-worn cameras, while valuable for transparency and accountability, produce extensive footage that can be difficult to manage.
Key TAKEAWAYS
While body-worn cameras can be a great tool that gives transparency and greater police accountability, they generate sooo much footage. And working with videos in general is not easy.
New generation AI-based tools can help criminal defense attorneys and public defenders save time and achieve better case outcomes using workflows that are as simple as Google Docs to use.
Some workflow and features in Reduct that helps make the most of video evidence in Criminal Defense.
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Transcribe and manage hours of audio and video evidence. You can easily convert spoken content into searchable text, making it simpler to handle large volumes of evidence.
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Review, search, and analyze your evidence to narrow down to the important moments:_ You can quickly search, find and focus on the crucial parts of the footage, saving time and making your case preparation more efficient._
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Translate footage from one language to another: You can overcome language barriers by translating foreign-language content into your preferred language, ensuring that you fully understand all aspects of the evidence.
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Create video exhibits to bring evidence to life in court: You can turn raw footage into compelling visual exhibits with a strong narrative, making it easier to present complex evidence and make a strong impact in court.
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Redact unwanted content: You can blur out sensitive information from the footage to protect privacy and keep my focus on the essential evidence.
Reduct for free on a case (regardless of duration) with no commitments
Reduct offers both seat-based subscription pricing for private defense lawyers and utilization based agreements with enterprise terms for larger firms and state departments like the Colorado State Public Defender, who have more than thousand staff on the platform.
All public defenders or private defense lawyers are invited to try Reduct for free on a case (regardless of duration) with no commitments.
Interested parties can reach out to sales@reduct.video for more information.
