I enjoy CSI
Apart from when they do anything related to computers, phones or image enhancement, because they do it wrong and inevitably invalidate the integrity of the evidence. Which makes me angry. No such thing as Good Practice on CSI.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 14:03, 1 reply, 15 years ago)

thiiiiiiiiiiis
can't speak for your field obviously but this has more truth in it than I care to admit, and by christ it annoys me to watch it.
(berk, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 14:15, Reply)

Oh I agree with that completely!
Unfortunately it's created the CSI Effect, where jurors believe that this shit is actually possible, and the lack of a super-enhanced CCTV image of the suspect automatically acquits him.

I have done some awesome CSI-worthy things though, like zoom in on a pic of a party to show lines of coke on the glass table, along with a credit card with the suspect's name on it. That probably wouldn't have been possible if the suspect hadn't taken a pic using an expensive (but stolen) DSLR camera and had then saved the pic in it's orignal high res format.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 14:23, Reply)

Wow. That really is some way to shoot yourself in the foot.

(LongJohnBaldry, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 14:26, Reply)

It's a rather common occurence
See also posing with guns. Did a murder case where a teen got shot for being on the wrong 'turf'. Kid portrayed as an innocent, hard working guy with good prospects, but photos and mobile phone vids of him posing with and firing guns into the air said otherwise.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 14:29, Reply)

*facepalms*
If it doesn't exist already, there should be a criminal equivalent of the Darwin Awards.
(LongJohnBaldry, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 14:34, Reply)

That's actually pretty cool and impressive
feel validated ONLINE.
(berk, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 14:26, Reply)

*prouds*
Thanks! I love it when crims do things like that, it really makes my day!
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 14:30, Reply)