[Avodah] police misdeeds and trial evidence

[Moshe Y. Gluck]

Old MYG:
> I'm sorry, maybe I wasn't clear - my question was on R' Eli Turkel's
unwritten
> premise that BD _does_ accept evidence aside from Shnaim Eidim. I was
asking
> if this was indeed the case. IIRC, we had a thread a while back about the
> permissibility of using DNA to matter an Agunah (for example, after 9/11),
but
> that is a whole different set of rules.

And then I just saw this post by listmember R' Rafi Goldmeier, which clearly
indicates that for Psak, at least, one can use video evidence:
http://lifeinisrael.blogspot.com/2008/07/interesting-psak-instant-replay.htm
l (I really think that's Pashut - you only need a Birur of the Metzius,
unlike Eidus - but it ties in neatly).

KT,
MYG