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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. Re:Sweet! by TheRaven64 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Or, for a lower tech solution, just get someone else to do it.

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  2. Re:HTTP Proxy? VPN Tunnel? by whoda · · Score: 5, Insightful

    They did consider VPN's and Proxies and fairies too.
    They also had witnesses, aka Real People, who also testified he was at his fathers house.
    It was corroborating evidence, not the piece the case hinged on.

    Once again, Facebook verified what multiple REAL PEOPLE were telling the cops. It wasn't the only piece of evidence.

    You love how ignorant people are of the legal profession, I love how people like you are so pompous and know-it-all's they can't even read the article.