Ipads for Jurors? A Research Plan - Professor Anne Wallace, Edith Cowan University

Computer Tablets Highly portable Wireless connectivity Relatively cheap Easy to use Increasingly widespread use

The growth of mobile computing

Advantages? Cheaper technology – can be deployed in any courtroom Easier to find and view documents - facilitate informed debate? Faster retrieval of evidence –may result in speedier verdicts? Facilitate participation by all jury members –enable more thorough review of the evidence?

Issues? Are screens are distracting? Jurors may give undue weight to memorable or easily retrievable documents. Jurors using Internet to access extraneous material or communicate about the case. Logistics – managing content, access, document format

A research plan The Team Professor Anne Wallace (Law, ECU), Dr Blake McKimmie (Psychology, University of Queensland), Dr Vivienne Farrell (computer sciences and software engineering, Swinburne University) University of Western Sydney: Professor David Tait, Dr Marina Nehme- Justice Research Group, and Dr Ann Dadich – Management) Internationally Cyberjustice consortium, University of Montreal French Judicial Research Institute

A research plan Stage 1 – Jury deliberations Methodology ‘Mock’ jurors Court managed Ipads – no Internet access View a filmed trial Deliberation conditions –Ipad –Ipad+shared screen –Paper Deliberations recorded & transcribed for analysis

A research plan Stage 1 – Jury deliberations –comprehensiveness and accuracy of recall of prosecution and defence cases – level of participation and interaction –recognition and engagement with alternative viewpoint, –efficiency in finding and sharing documents.

A research plan Stage 2 – Evidence Display in Courtroom –CyberJustice Consortium, University of Montreal

A research plan Questions?