OK, this is a new one for me. Convicted murderer, Randy Chaviano, had his conviction thrown out after the court stenographer had their computer infected with a virus. I have not heard of this type of thing happening but, after reading the article I’m a little surprised that we don’t hear about this happening more often.
From Daily Mail:
A killer’s conviction has been thrown out and he must be tried again after a court stenographer erased the transcript of his murder trial by mistake.
Randy Chaviano, 26, of Hialeah, Florida, was convicted by a Miami jury in July 2009 of shooting dead Carlos Acosta in September 2005.
But stenographer Terlesa Cowart allegedly only had her transcript on an internal disc, then put it on her computer. Then a virus wiped everything.
That’s a big bag of “oops”.
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