[Locomotive Breath]

Except that Nifong will call in an expert witness who will testify just as sincerely that the photos could be altered without a trace. When faced with two contradictory experts most people will go with their original bias. The judge to not admit and the jury to not believe.

[bjc]

I too am not optimistic about the ability of a jury to comprehend a technical argument. However, in this instance I believe the defense has the greatest comeback of all time: hand the expert a similar phone with a series of pictures on it and ask him to show how it is done without leaving a trace. Either it is easy to do - that is a bunch of college kids can do it - or it cannot be done without leaving a trace.

[luv2ski]

Except that Nifong will call in an expert witness who will testify just as sincerely that the photos could be altered without a trace. When faced with two contradictory experts most people will go with their original bias. The judge to not admit and the jury to not believe.

Couldn't the defense then say, "OK, tell us how." ? Then, when the expert starts into a very long and complicated series of data manipulations, the defense can say, "See, there is no way our clients would have had the knowledge and expertise to pull this off."