In the fifth in a series of lectures at foreign law schools, local attorney and former Alexandria public defender Chris Leibig traveled
to Kingston, Jamaica to speak at the Norman Manley Law School about digital evidence.
Students and professors were interested in the topic largely because of the 2014 conviction of Jamaican rock star Vybz Kartel for murder. Kartel was convicted in the longest trial in Jamaica’s history based on evidence recovered from his cell phone. More than 200 people attended the panel discussion, including students, professors, judges and Chief Justice Zaila McCala of the Jamaica Supreme Court.
Leibig and other local criminal defense attorneys, including Joni Robin and Cary Citronberg, have been invited to teach and lecture at law schools in Wales, Great Britain, and Calgary, Canada later this year.
Students and prosecutors also debated America’s Exclusionary Rule. Leibig, a leading capital case attorney, said the rule generally forbids evidence obtained in violation of the Constitution from being used in criminal trials.