There are a number of advantages in using multimedia. The most compelling advantage is that complex information is made understandable. Multimedia also allows witnesses and prosecutors to view an entire case in a short amount of time. All pertinent exhibits are available by random access and all key evidence is accessible from one location. There is no longer the need for prosecutors to bring in blown up exhibits.
Every exhibit is available through the computer in a portable, user friendly design.
All of the information needed to present a case is available at the touch of a button which reduces the time and money it takes to present a case. Clarity of the presentation can also result in the reduction of jury deliberation. The best example of this was in the People of the State of Colorado v. Nathan Dunlap. This was a death penalty case that prosecutors initially estimated would last approximately two months. The trial took just over twenty days, including the death penalty phase, before the jury came back with a 1 st degree verdict as well as a death penalty verdict.