Canadian criminal defence lawyer Kyla Lee is familiar with the legal system’s over-reliance on technological evidence. She is one of the few lawyers in British Columbia who can decipher breathalyzer records. Lee has completed manufacturer training and certification in the Alco-Sensor FST and DWI Standardized Field Sobriety tests training – the same training that police officers receive.
We reached out to Lee for comment: “Evolving technology is always a concern in legal cases. Not only do lawyers have an ethical obligation to stay abreast of technology, but so too do judges and courts. If anything, the pandemic has taught us that our profession is light years behind where we need to be with technology. If lawyers are not familiar with their technological issues, they can miss important defences that arise and fail to litigate issues properly. Our legal system as a whole is vulnerable to the over-reliance on technology as inherently reliable evidence…”
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