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LA judge allows jurors to use iPads in court
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Jun 11, 2014
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LA judge allows jurors to use iPads in court
Jurors are using iPads to view documents and photos as part of a courtroom experiment. The hope is that tablets will keep juries engaged and speed up cases.
L.A. Superior Court judge Michael Linfield holds up an iPad that is identical to the ones jurors are using in a case in his courtroom. It's the first time at L.A. Superior Court that jurors have been provided iPads to review evidence in a case.
L.A. Superior Court judge Michael Linfield holds up an iPad that is identical to the ones jurors are using in a case in his courtroom. It's the first time at L.A. Superior Court that jurors have been provided iPads to review evidence in a case.
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Erika Aguilar/KPCC
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Green iPads await jurors before the start of a civil trial in Department 34 at the Stanley Mosk Courthouse in downtown Los Angeles. The jurors will use the iPads to review documents and photos that are introduced during trial as exhibits.
Green iPads await jurors before the start of a civil trial in Department 34 at the Stanley Mosk Courthouse in downtown Los Angeles. The jurors will use the iPads to review documents and photos that are introduced during trial as exhibits.
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Erika Aguilar/KPCC
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Twelves jurors and two alternates have been given one of these iPads to use during court to examine documents and photos that are introduced during a civil trial at the L.A. Superior Court Stanley Mosk Courthouse.
Twelves jurors and two alternates have been given one of these iPads to use during court to examine documents and photos that are introduced during a civil trial at the L.A. Superior Court Stanley Mosk Courthouse.
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Erika Aguilar/KPCC
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Jurors are using iPads to view documents and photos as part of a courtroom experiment. The hope is that tablets will keep juries engaged and speed up cases.

Some jurors are the first in Los Angeles County to use iPads during a trial. KPCC's Erika Aguilar says it's an attempt to modernize an aging court system.