The biggest mistake that investigators can make is to implicate the wrong person for a crime. Investigators must be careful when communicating information to law enforcement, ISPS, and other third parties because transcription errors in search warrants and other documents can cause confusion and waste time, and lead to unforeseen consequences" let's talk what can happen (has happened) in criminal cases involving digital evidence.

For this discussion, you will need to report out what has happened (or is happening right now) in a real case. Use the readings and the resources available through online searches to identify a case. Can't locate any cases? Try these three databases: k&l gates blog/website (www.ediscoverylaw.com). The site contains both case summaries and an electronic discovery case database of over 1,500 electronic discovery cases, dating from 2004 to present. The database allows you to filter your search by e-discovery rules, context, and particular issues as well as by keyword. To search the case summaries, use the "find" feature of your browser.

This site contains an electronic evidence case digest which is a searchable archive of electronic evidence cases which somehow focus on the law as it relates to electronic evidence. The database allows search by up to three keyword terms, by jurisdiction, by case name or by digest text. Brief summaries are provided. Justia.com (docs.justia.com/cases) can provide case documents if you know the case name. Look for the federal dockets option under the more tab if your cased is federal. Your report to the class should include:

1) A brief summary of the case which includes how digital evidence was involved,

2) Your evaluation (backed by facts) of the clarity of the presentation of the digital forensic analysis, and

3) Your evaluation (backed by facts) that the court decision was consistent (or not consistent) with the evidence as presented.