As the technology
has reached to its maximum heights, video conferencing and video deposition are
so familiar words now days. If one
hasn’t used video deposition in their legal matters, then it is the time for
them to start utilizing the benefits now. Legal depositions can be one of the technology tools in any
attorney’s toolbox.
There are
several advantages of using video in depositions. Legal video depositions assist
attorneys in presenting a more compelling case. A person having a deposition transcript read into the record
at trial fails to show the jury, the witness’s spontaneous reactions, emotional
state and body language. He tends to lose the instant pauses, nervous fidgeting
and angry glares. He loses the opportunity to show the witness’s full demeanor
when testifying. This may become important during the proceedings at the trial
and can surely effect the decision by the jury.
Video
deposition helps in recording all such events which cannot be shown and written
on the paper. It much likely holds the jury’s attention. In this age of television and YouTube, we are
all conditioned to pay attention to a video screen for long stretches of time.
Jurors will pay attention much longer to a deposition video than a transcript
being read into the record.
