The record also incorporates multiframe video and digital audio. Component after component of the animation is displayed on the rear-projection screen, and counsel uses electronic light pens to circle questionable elements. The defense begins its case, attempting to prove, among other matters, pilot error. With an expert on the stand, a 360-degree immersive photo of the cockpit of an identical jetliner is displayed. As jurors lean forward to examine their monitors, the witness uses his mouse to show how the pilots could have switched the burning engine off, perhaps saving the plane.
Closing arguments use the entire panoply of technology.
Although each attorney is careful not to let the imagery distract from the argument, both construct arguments in which integrated visuals critically augment their statements. They know when it's time for the lawyer to be the focal point of the jury's attention and when a document or other image should be. As the judge reads the written jury instructions, they scroll by on juror monitors. In deliberations, if jurors need to review the electronic evidence, they must return to the courtroom. In the next year or two, the jury room may be equipped to review admitted evidence should that prove desirable.