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Robbery Suspect Cleared By Facebook Alibi

Posted by Soulskill on from the your-computer-is-broadcasting-an-ip-address dept.

postermmxvicom writes "Rodney Bradford has been cleared of robbery charges because of a Facebook update. The defense was able to prove that the update was made from his father's house, 13 miles away from the crime committed one minute earlier. Lawyer John G. Browning said, 'This is the first case that I’m aware of in which a Facebook update has been used as alibi evidence. We are going to see more of that because of how prevalent social networking has become.' Surely, this must be media hype, since it would not be a difficult alibi to fake."

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  1. Awesome! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    $ at now + 30 minutes
    at> curl -d 'status=lol watching tv' http://www.facebook.com
    at> <EOT>
    job 1 at 2009-11-14 15:36

    Now, who to murder first?

    1. Re:Awesome! by Shatrat · · Score: 4, Funny

      "WHO to murder first"? Your grammar teacher.

      Well that appears to be you, so start writing your will.

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  2. Facebook status: by sakdoctor · · Score: 4, Funny

    Not robbing

  3. Re:Sweet! by d3ac0n · · Score: 5, Funny

    This is /. We don't DO "lower tech" solutions here bub.

    ;)

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  4. There's an app for that by Powercntrl · · Score: 4, Funny

    Say you want to go burglarize someone's house, but you need to make it appear that you're posting on Facebook from your parents' basement? Well there's an app for that too!

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    1. Re:There's an app for that by AndroidCat · · Score: 5, Funny

      Wave phone in officer's face. "These aren't the Droids you are looking for."

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  5. Re:Sweet! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Only to keep my tinfoil hat together

  6. Slashdot Alibi... by qpawn · · Score: 4, Funny

    I could have been cleared, but I posted as an Anonymous Coward.