In the past, trials of mega cases involved the use of fire stations to accommodate the large number of defendants. In 2024, at least in Lisbon, the Justice Campus will already be able to host cases such as the main one of the Espírito Santo Universe, which this Tuesday finally begins to be judged.
At stake are the origin of the bankruptcy of one of the country’s main economic groups and the resolution of the fourth national bank. There are 17 individual defendants and seven groups, more than 60 lawyers (including defendants and assistants), three prosecutors from the special team of the Public Ministry (MP) that investigated the case and three judges, who will make up the group that will judge the alleged Criminal association led by Ricardo Salgado.
As this is the trial for the largest financial scandal in Portuguese democracy (and, probably, the most important case that has ever come to court), the Superior Council of the Judiciary has invested heavily in strengthening the technological conditions of the courtroom. judgment.
A computer platform was developed based on a software It was released in 2014 in the trial of the Face Oculta case, in Aveiro, to allow the digitization of all the evidence that the deputy used to write the accusation, with more than 4,000 pages.
From the digital point of view, all articles of the accusation have their respective evidence indexed on that computer platform. And this will facilitate the respective presentation on the monitors distributed throughout the hearing room.
Furthermore, and taking into account that several defendants and witnesses have already died, recordings of their statements made during the investigation phase will be transmitted. The first will be that of António Ricciardi, former leader of the Espírito Santo family.
Source: Observadora
