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Figure 1.7 Poor.paralegals.are.being.buried.in.electronic.data.
have.originally..And.it.can.be.extremely.dificult.to.verify.or.
prove.that.such.manipulation.has.occurred.
In. a. recent. article. on. MSNBC's. open. channel,
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. Steven.
Teppler,.a.partner.in.the.Chicago.law.irm.Edelson.McGuire.
and.cochair.of.the.American.Bar.Association's.Digital.Evidence.
Committee,.is.quoted.as.saying.that.there.is.a.growing.move-
ment. of. legal. professionals. who. feel. that. digital. evidence.
should.be.deemed.“hearsay.”.He.goes.on.to.say,.“Unless.we.
change.the.rules.of.evidence.to.require.a.higher.level.of.reli-
ability,. you. have. this. built. in. problem. where. people. say,. 'It.
comes.out.of.the.computer,.therefore.it.must.be.reliable.'”
But.that.does.not.account.for.the.fact.that.programmers.
create.the.software.that.instructs.those.machines.to.generate.
data,.Teppler.said.
“Computers.will.repetitively.create.bad.information.if.they.
are.programmed.incorrectly,”.he.said..“Just.because.a.com-
puter.generates.it.doesn't.mean.it's.true.”
As.noted.in.this.article.and.seen.more.and.more.often.in.
court. cases,. being. able. to. prove. the. integrity. of. electronic.
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Open. Channel,. msnbc.com,. Mike. Brunker,. Digital. Evidence. Becoming.
Central. in. Criminal. Cases,. November. 11,. 2011:. http://openchannel.msnbc.
msn.com/_news/2011/11/11/8743687-digital-evidence-becoming-central-
in-criminal-cases..Retrieved.2011-04-11.
