High-tech 3D device launched to help prevent wrongful convictions

A lawyer who used to work with the poor in Canada has launched 'Canada's first 3D printing company dedicated to the courtroom' to produce visual aids - reproductions of wounds to the skull or other body parts, for instance - to explain evidence.

25 June 2015

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Natalka Falcomer of C3DE in Toronto said there is a need for visual aids in court because 'poorly conveyed facts or confusing arguments have lead to wrongful convictions'. She added: 'This is because decisions are based on “gut” or misunderstandings rather than fact.'

Merit rather than memory

The company said in a statement: 'By providing lawyers, expert witnesses and paralegals with visual aids, C3DE helps ensure that merit, rather than memory, vague concepts or misunderstandings, form the basis of a decision.' Source: C3de