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Robbery Suspect Cleared By Facebook Alibi
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."
GNAA REBORN UNDER NEW LEADERSHIP
DiKKy Heartiez - Berlin, Norway
President timecop of the GNAA has died today. He died at the age of 55 from excessive lulz in his apartment in Tokyo, Japan while watching faggot cartoons of preteen girls beeing raped by giant testicles. The world will remember him as a total faggot douchebag who had the opportunity to unite the best trolls seen upon the face of the internet into one special hardcore machine of destruction, unfortunately he failed, instead devoting his internet carreer to animu. Although he died like a true hero he will be forever remembered as a total failure.
In the wake of his death the GNAA is thought to perish like all the other so called trolling organizations. The writing is on the wall, they say. The GNAA smells worse than BSD, they say.They have said this for a long time. The GNAA has lived, with a very faint pulse, for years.
DIKKY HEARTIEZ CLAIMS THE PRESIDENCY OF THE GNAA!!!!!!!
With the death of timecop still shocking our chats, not many are able to see ahead. But there is one visionary Nord who has great plans for the new GNAA.
"Under my leadership the GNAA will become the new home of all trolls on the internet. The GNAA will regain its old strength and will be feared by bloggers and jews alike. The time for CHANGE is now." DiKky HearTiez told a shocked audience outside the Gary Niger Memorial Plaza, Nigeria, earlier today. The GNAA will move its Internet Relayed Communications to a new location, following reports of a massive "Distributed Denial Of Service" attack on its previous location, making it unreliable.
"Our operatives are in need of a robust and safe communications service with can_flood for everyone." An anonymous source at the GNAA Black Ops department told reporters at the same conference.
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About President timecop
DEAD.
About DiKKy HearTiez
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About KLULZ
KLULZ is the internets radio station, bringing you news about the GNAA, hosting shows by prominent djs such as DiKKy, l0de, g0sp, jenk and many others. KLULZ supports DiKKy Heartiez. With mature content this channel is not suitable for children or people under the age of 18. Klulz radio can be heard at http://klulz.com/listen.pls
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$ 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?
But what happens when scripting becomes involved..
Write a script to make a "hey.. not out murdering my wife's lover" post then destroy/shred itself whilst you're out doing your chainsaw work.
So basically,
I can go commit any crime I want, as long as I use a remote desktop/VNC program to remote into my PC at home from my smart phone and post something to Facebook immediately afterward?
SWEET! Time to to rob that bank!
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So now all halfwit crimial needs to get his alibi is: use his iPhone to RDP to daddy's computer and post to facebook?!
Not robbing
I love how ignorant of technology the legal profession is.
Take this case for example, nobody stopped to consider that he might have setup a HTTP proxy, VPN tunnel, or some other routing service? Why? Because neither the defence nor prosecution understand what they're talking about.
I would really like to see legal reforms that create new "specialist" branches of experts who exist only to explain the significance of particular areas to the court without actually taking sides in cases (e.g. Technology, Science, High-End Accounting, etc).
It is kind of funny, the lawyers spend TONS of time worrying that the jury won't understand the law. But they never stop to consider that the lawyers won't understand the evidence.
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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This decision just gave the IP address sword its second edge.
On the one hand, they were using IP addresses to identify and prosecute people for 'illegal' downloading and accessing child porn. Now, someone was aquitted based on their IP address.
Interesting indeed. Probably now, the authorities will realize the futility of using IP addresses as evidence.
Shirley!
Sorry. I am so sorry. I'll leave now. So sorry.
"If I have been able to see so far, It is because I went out and bought a damn binoculars" - Ze da Esquina
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You don't know what you're talking about, do you? Are you a prosecutor or defense attorney? Do you work for one routinely? You assume none of them read the news and noticed someone got off kiddie porn charges because a virus hijacked his computer? They can't make the leap from "virus did it randomly" to "computer genius made up evidence". You're the retard here.
Now I know how to not get convicted when I commit that crime I was planning for tonight.
(No, I am not planning a crime tonight, or ever)
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If lawyers are anything like doctors, they get their information from legal pad salesmen and follow whatever the latest legal fad is, no matter how obviously stupid it is. Keep in mind that half the population has an IQ under 100 and that the civilization would collapse if half the population were excluded from gainful employment. In short, the world is being run by idiots.
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Couldn't you just have a friend login to your facebook profile and post a update while you're out committing crimes?
I could have been cleared, but I posted as an Anonymous Coward.
One thing that some folks have forgotten here is that the guy was presumed innocent until the prosecution could prove him guilty. If there's evidence from Facebook indicating that he updated his status, then the prosecution would need to show that the guy was using a proxy/tunnel/whatever, or that he had someone else post for him, etc. Otherwise, it provides a reasonable doubt as to whether he was even at the scene of the crime.
"WHERE MY IHOP? robbin fools make me hungery."
. If there's evidence from Facebook indicating that he updated his status, then the prosecution would need to show that the guy was using a proxy/tunnel/whatever, or that he had someone else post for him, etc.
You have a fundamental misunderstanding of how evidence works. Even if it's evidence in your favor, it has to still be valid.
This case is ridiculous; the prosecutor should be fired for gross incompetence. All the prosecution would have to do is ask "could a login from his computer only be done by him?" and the answer would be "no, anyone with his password."
Please help metamoderate.
There are a lot of posts saying it'd be pretty easy to fake the Facebook post. It wouldn't even have to be technical: Just call your father and ask him to log on to Facebook under your account and post what you tell him to.
The article doesn't say, but what if this was a crime of opportunity? What if the evidence at the scene and witness's testimonies painted a motive that indicated it was a crime of opportunity, and not a pre-planned crime? If that was a case, then accepting a Facebook posting made at the time of the crime seems pretty reasonable. Maybe he called his father just after the crime, but one minute after an unplanned crime? That feels unlikely to me, too. And anyways, the court had testimonies and other evidence hinting that he wasn't the guy, so I don't think this will set a precedent that Facebook postings should be accepted without question in court.
so i can ask anyone to press share on my facebook (or script it) and get away with anything wow, some judges are pretty stupid or what?
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If you read elsewhere he had other secure alibis its just this was the icing on the cake for his defense
Couldn't you just write a script to login to your facebook profile and post a update while you're out committing crimes?
This generalization may not apply to all situations. Your mileage may vary. Batteries not included.
1) Carry laptop with cellular modem in car
2) Stop off at liquor store and knock it over
3) Remote Desktop to home machine from car and update Facebook
4) ???
5) Acquittal!
The media reported as well that he was positively identified in a line-up. Just shows you how frail witnesses can be.
to update his status. But what if.... he used a remote connection to rob the shop/bank whatever? I say check his bank account to see if he's bought 13 miles of string. No scrap that! I say prove to me he doesn't already have 13 miles of string!