Illinois embraces virtual court appearances offering greater access to justice – WICS (Springfield)

The COVID-19 pandemic was what initiated courtrooms across the nation to start using virtual appearances, and now the state of Illinois has adopted this pandemic trend to make it more convenient for all parties to make it to their court date.
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Freddy
2 years ago

So now the criminal who is charged with a crime does not have to show up in a courtroom. Instead a savvy lawyer will display a Deep Fake with Chat GPT and AI dialogue to defend himself while the real criminal is on vacation. Maybe the judge and prosecuting attorney are also Deep Fakes. Something like Max Headroom 2024

Hello, Indiana!
2 years ago
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Kind of a “ 1984 “ vibe to the whole thing as an innocent person could find themselves facing only monitors on a wall and not their accusers. Orwellian with a touch of Kafka thrown in.

debtsor
2 years ago

This is one reason why downtown Chicago is so slow, half the lawyers in the state are working from home, have no intention of ever returning to the downtown courthouses again.

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