The full, unaltered, original document has to be entered into evidence. Allowing a doctored copy poses obvious problems. It should have been redacted before it was shown on screen, but the unredacted original should have been entered into the record. My money is on the court clerk dropping the ball.
“The full, unaltered, original document has to be entered into evidence. Allowing a doctored copy poses obvious problems. It should have been redacted before it was shown on screen, but the unredacted original should have been entered into the record. My money is on the court clerk dropping the ball.”
That may differ by state, I’m not a lawyer. I did however just finish six weeks of jury duty in TN and served on three juries. Every document introduced as evidence was reviewed by defense, prosecution and the judge. Redactions were made in the documents as far as irrelevant information
What about a 5 or 10 second delay due to profanity?
Did other networks also show the SSN or did they catch it in time and not show it?