Download - The Virtual Courthouse
The Virtual Courthouse
A Pilot Program testing the Second Life virtual environment and avatar persona
interface in legal proceedings.by
Richard Courchesne
The 6th Amendment & Virtual Law
“In all crimes prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the State and district wherein the crime shall have
been committed; which district shall have been previously ascertained by law, and to be informed of
the nature and cause of the accusation; to be confronted with the witnesses against (them); to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in (their) favor, and to have the assistance of counsel for (the)
defense” (Cato Institute, 2002).
Purpose:
• A Virtual Courtroom can generate efficiencies in the:– Time economy (Synchronizing effort)• Transportation
– Attention economy (Unlimited availability of space)• Administrative
– Monetary economy (Limited resources)• Security
Illustration:• A Virtual Courtroom has only one entrance:– Docket Clerks avatars transport human cell avatars
into Court of Summon, or interest from a central receiving security zone.
– Deputy Docket Clerks receives exhibits and categorize evidence in case proceedings; and swear in witnesses.
– The Court Reporter, or Stenographer, records testimony, and repeats back statements upon court order. Transcripts are available at per-page fee.
Explanation:
• Council for Defense collaborates client identification and ensures attentive presence in the forms of avatars.
• Defendant need not leave confines of incarceration.
• Voir Dire selection and appointment to jury duty can sequester human cell avatars in a networked ground-based viewing room.
How to create an SL Avatar for Court.
Start here
Choose your Language
Choose a Robot SL avatar
Do Not Choose a Vehicle SL avatar
Do Not Choose an Animal SL avatar
Do Not Choose a Vampire SL avatar
Choose a Human SL avatar
Pilot Program: Choose Free account
Create a SL Login “Username”
7-Steps of Personal Data
• Enter and confirm email address• Enter Real Name• Physical Address• Choose a Security Question• Choose a Security Answer• Pass the Robot Catch test• Read & Confirm to Terms & Service
Agreement.
Open email and Click on SLink.
Download & Install
Log in to Second Life (SL)
Destination: The Virtual Courthouse
Appearing in the Virtual Hall of JusticeSua Sponte
• Docket Clerks assist human cell avatars in connecting to specific courtrooms within the Virtual Courthouse environment.
• Chief Docket Clerk human cell avatars coordinate Court Proceedings Trial schedules in The Virtual Courthouse; which has infinite Courtroom space to hold hundreds of trials simultaneously.
Transport into Courtroom
Prosecuting Attorney & Judge
Attorney for the Defense
Evidence Presentation Board
Courtroom Human Cell Avatars
Courtroom Human Cell Avatars
• The standard courtroom environment consists of a Judge (J) and Court Support Organization (CSO) human cell avatars: The Courtroom Deputy Clerk, Court Reporter and Docket Clerk.
Counsel (C) or Public Defender and the Defendant (F) at their Office
Counselor for Defense human cell & Defendant avatars deliberating from Jail.
Full Private Region Island in SL• The Full Region Premier
Island product 65,536 square miles of undeveloped virtual space, extending in heights above 3,500 feet.
• Construction of mesh object courtrooms can be imported from many other 3-dimensional CAD-modeling programs.
Private Region Pricing: $1,000.00Monthly Maintenance Fee: $ 295.00Assorted mesh objects: $ 600.00SL Training Online videos:FreeMonthly Administrative: $ 500.00
PILOT BUDGET
Open Bid on Hosting, Construction, and Orientation for human cells to interact with ease
within the Virtual Courthouse environment.
Highly secure hosting virtual environment facility, that can verify interface with Second Life avatar users.
The Virtual Court human cell Officials
• Court of Appeals: Judge (J1), Judge (J2), and Judge (J3) human cell avatars.
Concerns about your human cell avatar appearance in SL?
References:
• Castellani, B. & Hafferty, W. F. (2009). Sociology and Complexity Science: A New Field of Inquiry, 277-286. United States: Springer Books.
• United States Department of Justice (2011). A Journalist’s Guide to the Federal Courts. Administrative Office of the US Courts, Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building.