Electronic Trial versus Computer Crimes: Challenges and Necessities

Electronic trial means basing criminal proceedings upon electronic devices, logging, processing and exchanging information, which is a new phenomenon accompanied by computerizing of the works. It is supposed that this process plays an important role in modernizing criminal proceedings and making it more fair and economic.
In relation to the laws, electronic trial is a vague title on the ninth chapter of the Criminal Procedure Act, and is completely different from proceedings in computer crimes. There is partial overlap between these two, because electronic trial is about to use electronic instruments to try all crimes, but in trial of computer crimes, the purpose is to prove these type of crimes, using all possible ways, modern or traditional (non-electronic). Although, because trial of computer crimes is one type of differential proceedings, and this has been considered important in the Criminal Procedure Act, the differentiating factor is the use of computer in trial of computer crime. In other words, as the perpetrator uses computer to commit the crime, she will be tried by using the capabilities provided by computer. By doing so, trial of computer crimes will be a part of the electronic trial and their relationship will be a complete overlap.