A homicide scene is sealed. Shell casings lie on the ground. A knife glints in the dirt. But instead of licensed evidence technicians, untrained contractors gather the items, store them in a warehouse, and weeks later unlicensed processors label what matters. When court begins, no sworn professional can certify integrity. The “evidence” collapses into mere objects.
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The Legal Record Is Not a Decorative Byproduct of Litigation. It Is Evidence.
A legal transcript is not a convenience product. It is evidence. Evidence requires provenance, certification, and lawful creation. When proceedings are merely recorded and later transcribed by unlicensed individuals, the result is not a court record—it is media. Courts are quietly replacing evidentiary safeguards with technical workflows, downgrading the legal record from authenticated proof to a reconstructive artifact.
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