Artificial intelligence (AI) is the most innovative technology in contemporary society in this hyperlinked world nowadays as it intersects with the evolution of the criminal justice system. In the world of the metaverse, medicine, and the legal field have been the industries that are undeniably shaped by AI technology due to the various medical and patient-facing AI apps already in use in the medical field, such as but not limited to toxicology, imaging and electronic medical records (EMR), detection of pathological changes, new drug discovery, laboratory diagnosis and treatment, preventive and precision medicine, forensic comprehensive data analysis, speeding up processes, data storage and access to health records, and multimodal capabilities.
However, there are ethical and legal ramifications for Artificial Intelligence against the backdrop of the existing legal and evidentiary framework on courtroom procedures since the present structures are largely not yet fit to deal with the challenges AI technologies pose. The management and interpretation of forensic expert data and testimony, forensic reports, the usage of forensic science in the framing of forensic expert opinions, and the admissibility and relevancy of evidentiary standards are the complexities that beset the courtroom procedure in dissecting the probative value of the forensic, medical, and legal evidence as the criminal justice system engages with the metaverse world. In this paper, the author will discuss the present and future state of Artificial Intelligence and the Metaverse of forensic medicine in the realm of the criminal justice system.
The author recommends that responding to the challenges in the courtroom evidentiary procedure is more than equipping the judges, law enforcement officers, and public prosecutors with the competency to render judgment but a legal and judicial reform on having ethical and impartial court-appointed experts in forensic medicine to assist courts in adjudicating competing claims on evidence's admissibility and relevancy.