"They were able to guide the court, using this digital reconstruction technology, to the scene of the crime and in doing so bolster the witness testimony," says Sabrina Rewald, a lawyer and researcher at Kalshoven-Gieskes Forum on International Humanitarian Law at Leiden University, the Netherlands. Al Hassan is scheduled to be sentenced on 20 November.
The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) in Geneva, Switzerland, has called satellite imagery "a relatively new source of information and evidence" in criminal justice.
One of the greatest obstacles, according to the institute, is that judges and lawyers have little experience of using such evidence, and imagery specialists don't know the criminal justice system.
Although this was a promising sign that satellite imagery could play a part in future prosecutions, its current use in law enforcement is sporadic.
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