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You've Got Indictments

Posted by samzenpus on from the what-could-go-wrong dept.

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."

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  1. who would seriously sign up for this? by paulsomm · · Score: 4, Insightful

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

    1. Re:who would seriously sign up for this? by MillionthMonkey · · Score: 4, Funny

      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.

  2. SPAM Indictments by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Nice, now they will get SPAM indictments as well.

    1. Re:SPAM Indictments by ToasterofDOOM · · Score: 4, Funny

      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**

      --
      I am Spartacus
  3. target audience by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

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

  4. oh how fun by jefe7777 · · Score: 5, Funny

    "YOU'VE GOT JAIL!"

  5. WTF? by thehickcoder · · Score: 4, Funny

    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.

  6. Insta-Trace by mikeage · · Score: 4, Funny

    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

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    -- Is "Sig" copyrighted by www.sig.com?
  7. Am I wrong? by iamdrscience · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I've only had a little personal experience, but I always thought that letters like these from the courts (indictments, notices of arraignment dates, etc.) were usually sent certified return receipt so that they can be certain that you've gotten the letter.

    Am I wrong or are things just different in South Korea?