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by saurik 5034 days ago
Given that the jury is already supposed to be isolated from inadmissible evidence or influences in the media outside of the trial, I wonder if anyone has looked into what the effect (positive or negative) of having juries make their decision using a transcript, only having a picture or video of one of the parties available in the case that it is important and accepted evidence (such as "we have a video of the murder taking place; for reference, here is a picture, so you can recognize his face in the camera").