Forensic animations

VIDEO Reality TV is coming to a courtroom near you. Computer animations re-create crime scenes to help investigators. CNN's James Hattori has the verdict (October 11) PLAY VIDEO Visual Forensics

(CNN) -- In 1998 when a U.S. Marine jet clipped an aerial tram cable in Italy killing 20 people, it was difficult to imagine how it could have happened.

But when the incident came before a military trial, there was no need to imagine.

James Hattori shows us how computer simulations have become popular for lawyers to convey the facts of a case.

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