How Visual Evidence Influenced the Boston Marathon Case
It’s April 15th, 2013, the 117th running of the Boston Marathon. The runners line up at the start, with thousands of fans along the sidelines, all eagerly waiting to see who the next Boston Marathon winner will be. At 2:49 pm, the event went from cheerful to tragic. Within 12 seconds, two bombs go off 100 yards away from each other, killing three people, including an 8 year old boy.
In today’s trial cases, lawyers are itching for any type of visual evidence that will defend their side. As jurors spend long hours listening to arguments and orders, visual evidence is a great way to keep them engaged. Any type of visual evidence make “their side of the story” more illustrated and personal. Brain Carney, a former prosecutor, said that every legal case can be turned into a visual story. (Hsieh, 2012, p.4). Carney noted that jurors …show more content…
With the result of 2 bombs, 3 people are killed, including one important little boy named Martin Richards. Richards was near one of the pressure cooker bombs as it went off, damaging his spinal cord, lower intestines, liver, lungs, ribs, and more, leading him to his death. "I just knew from what I saw that there was no chance. The color of his skin, and so on.” Bill Richards told the court. (O’Neill, 2015, p.9). An important piece of evidence was shared in the trial, a piece of Martin Richard’s shirt, covered in blood stains. A typical person might not connect blood and tragedy to an 8 year old, but more happiness and spirit of youth. When the jury was shown the shirt, they looked shocked, and sorrowful. Other evidence was shown in this court case as well, such as maps of where the bombs exploded, and photographs that capture the shocking event that took place. All of these types of media influenced and engaged the jurors, and played a key role in the majority’s
It’s April 15th, 2013, the 117th running of the Boston Marathon. The runners line up at the start, with thousands of fans along the sidelines, all eagerly waiting to see who the next Boston Marathon winner will be. At 2:49 pm, the event went from cheerful to tragic. Within 12 seconds, two bombs go off 100 yards away from each other, killing three people, including an 8 year old boy.
In today’s trial cases, lawyers are itching for any type of visual evidence that will defend their side. As jurors spend long hours listening to arguments and orders, visual evidence is a great way to keep them engaged. Any type of visual evidence make “their side of the story” more illustrated and personal. Brain Carney, a former prosecutor, said that every legal case can be turned into a visual story. (Hsieh, 2012, p.4). Carney noted that jurors …show more content…
With the result of 2 bombs, 3 people are killed, including one important little boy named Martin Richards. Richards was near one of the pressure cooker bombs as it went off, damaging his spinal cord, lower intestines, liver, lungs, ribs, and more, leading him to his death. "I just knew from what I saw that there was no chance. The color of his skin, and so on.” Bill Richards told the court. (O’Neill, 2015, p.9). An important piece of evidence was shared in the trial, a piece of Martin Richard’s shirt, covered in blood stains. A typical person might not connect blood and tragedy to an 8 year old, but more happiness and spirit of youth. When the jury was shown the shirt, they looked shocked, and sorrowful. Other evidence was shown in this court case as well, such as maps of where the bombs exploded, and photographs that capture the shocking event that took place. All of these types of media influenced and engaged the jurors, and played a key role in the majority’s