You've Got Indictments

Lam1969 writes "Reuters reports that South Korean prosecutors have started a program to start sending indictment notices via SMS. The program was started partly because of the high penetration of mobile phones among the South Korean population (75%, according to the article), and also because prosecutors want to save money by cutting back on paper mailings. One potential hitch in the program: You have to apply to the service in order to receive your indictment electronically."

Comments

SPAM Indictments

[Anonymous Coward]

Nice, now they will get SPAM indictments as well.

Re:SPAM Indictments

[ToasterofDOOM]

Greetings Sir or Madam:
      I am the owner of a large cell-phone corporation in Nigeria and we have recently discovered that you owe us (Poser Mobile) 3 million US Dollars ($3,000,000) and have not payed up. You are hereby summoned to court tuesday behind the McDonalds on Old 41. Remember to bring all your valuables.
Have a nice day,
Poser mobile

**It just doesn't flow off the tongue (out of the fingers?), sorry**

target audience

[Anonymous Coward]

no good for first offenders, but should make career criminals much more efficient...

oh how fun

[jefe7777]

"YOU'VE GOT JAIL!"

WTF?

[thehickcoder]

One potential hitch in the program: You have to apply to the service in order to receive your indictment electronically

You have got to be kidding...

Next year...
South Korea embarks on a new plan to save law enforcement costs. South Korean police will no longer make arrests. Offenders will simply recieve an email instructing them to report to their nearest police station.

Re:who would seriously sign up for this?

[ericspinder]

Oh, why did I register with Insta-Trace?

Insta-Trace

[mikeage]

ObSimpsons

Bart: Dad, you don't have ten thousand dollars.
Homer: Eh. How are they going to find me?
        [at PBS Pledge Central, the "mercury" in a thermometer
        display rises all the way to the top and rings a bell]
White: Folks, we've just reached our goal of ten thousand, seven
        hundred dollars, and it's all thanks to one generous
        caller ... who didn't leave his name.
Homer: [laughs]
White: But thanks to Insta-Trace, we've learned it's Homer
        Simpson, of 742 Evergreen Terrace. [a picture of Homer
        appears on the screen. He screams]
Homer: Oh, why did I register with Insta-Trace?

http://www.snpp.com/episodes/BABF11

Re:who would seriously sign up for this?

[MillionthMonkey]

Seriously, why would anyone make it easier for themselves to be indicted?

So you could assign a different cool ringtone to each charge defined by South Korea's criminal code. You don't want "Slandering the State" to sound too much like a charge of "Obstruction of Business". But most people will probably want to set the ring tone to vibrate anyway, in case they get indicted during an important meeting.

Sign Up Form

[mattwarden]

I can see it now...

Name: [____]
Mobile Number: [____]
Postal Code: [____]

Number of Children in Household: [____]
Annual Household Income: [____]

Which of the following magazines do you subscribe to:
[ ] Time
[ ] Korean Weekly
[ ] ...

[ ] Check here if you would like to be notified if your indictment is dismissed
[ ] Check here if you would like to be notified about your indictments in our partner countries

Re:1984?

[digitaldc]

that's Orwellian with a side of fries.

What did the Facist Food restaurant worker say Winston Smith as he ordered his gruel?

---Would you like lies with that?

Re:who would seriously sign up for this?

[Anonymous Coward]

The Vice President is awesome. I would willingly chop off my two testicles if he asked me to because I know it would help in the Global War on Terror. He would never lie.

Re:who would seriously sign up for this?

[SilverspurG]

Will this cut lawyer fees?

Can't believe you forgot it!

[Anonymous Coward]

12. ???
13. Profit!