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A black phone with its screen off lies in a clear resealable bag on a worn tabletop.
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A digital trace is not a verdict

A series on what digital artefacts record and what they cannot automatically establish about a person.

Series progressPublished parts: 4
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Published
August 15, 2026
Last updated
August 16, 2026
  1. 01The Phone Was at the Crime Scene. Was Its Owner There Too?
  2. 02Time on a Phone Is Not Time in the Real World
  3. 03When Evidence Is Translated by Software the Court Does Not Understand
  4. 04Deleted does not mean destroyed. Restored does not mean complete.
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An empty courtroom with wooden desks, a closed folder and three chairs behind the judicial bench.
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Power and the law

Three cases in which a sentence range, headline, suspended term, methamphetamine and official power must not collapse into one story.

Series progressPublished parts: 3
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  2. 2
  3. 3
Published
September 2, 2026
Last updated
September 2, 2026
  1. 01"Up to five years" is not the sentence imposed. A suspended sentence is not an acquittal.
  2. 02Running out of money to buy is not operational cover
  3. 03Three grams off duty are not the same as leaking a patrol
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