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As the pandemic drags on, lawyers and judges are starting to confront questions about how to administer justice in a world that's gone virtual. 

There are some pretty thorny questions—from the constitutional rights of criminal defendants, to the loss of non-verbal communication cues, to the ways technology might reshape the jury pool. On the other hand, returning to court in a world where witnesses sit behind plexiglass, lawyers wear masks and jurors are kept physically separated … Well, that has its own problems.