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Social Networking Sites Becoming Useful For Lawyers

Posted by Soulskill on from the to-be-expected dept.

chareverie writes "With how the internet has become, social networking sites such as Facebook and MySpace have become a tool for crime solvers, employers, and now, lawyers. Two weeks after Joshua Lipton was charged in a drunk driving case, the college junior attended a Halloween party dressed as a prisoner, with the words 'jail bird' on his costume. Not surprisingly, his prosecutor was able to obtain photos of him at the party that were posted on Facebook, and claimed he was an 'unrepentant partier who lived it up while his victim recovered in the hospital.' The photos were presented in a slideshow, with one of them showing Lipton holding a can of Red Bull in one hand, and an arm draped around a girl bearing sorority letters. The judge agreed with the prosecutor, and changed Lipton's sentence to two years in prison. The article also cites other instances of people getting harsher sentences from pictures of them posted online."

3 of 353 comments (clear)

  1. GoatWorship Videos - ALF dad clown sodomy grimace by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    looks like a gerkin
    but i dont think it is

    http://www.youtube.com/G0ATW0RSHIP

    pickle jerkin off
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    http://www.youtube.com/G0ATW0RSHIP

    looks like im jerkin
    but i dont think he is

    http://www.youtube.com/G0ATW0RSHIP

    pickle jerkin off
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    http://www.youtube.com/G0ATW0RSHIP

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  2. Judge is a gay MOFO scum like wallstreet.... by cheekyboy · · Score: -1, Troll

    So he partied out who cares....

    Like any politicians who lie all the time are repentant but are liing scum who have ugly wifes.

    Hey judge, get some real crims, like the ones stealing 17 trillion from american citizens, this is called wall street.

    http://www.financialsense.com/Experts/2008/Burrell.html

    yes naked short sells.

    So im OT a bit, FU.

    Doesnt matter, all those rich asses dollars will be devalued like zimbawae soon.

    Too stupid to see the truth who the real criminals are, CONGRESS & WALL STREET.

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    Liberty freedom are no1, not dicks in suits.
  3. Re:This is Stupid by darkpixel2k · · Score: 1, Troll

    There are no black men in this country as powerful as George H. W. Bush. Period.

    God forbid--if the idiot liberals have their way, you'll be eating those words in a few months when Obama the marxist rises to power.

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