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Court Orders Retrial In Google Maps-Related Murder Case

Posted by samzenpus on from the lets-try-this-again dept.

netbuzz writes "Ruling that a judge erred in blocking two computer security experts from testifying that an incriminating Google Maps search record found on the defendant's laptop was planted there, a North Carolina appeals court has ordered a new trial for ex-Cisco employee Bradley Cooper, convicted two years ago in the 2008 strangulation death of his wife Nancy. 'The sole physical evidence linking Defendant to Ms. Cooper's murder was the alleged Google Map search, conducted on Defendant's laptop, of the exact area where Ms. Cooper's body was discovered,' wrote the appeals court. 'We hold ... that erroneously preventing Defendant from presenting expert testimony, challenging arguably the strongest piece of the State's evidence, constituted reversible error and requires a new trial.'"

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  1. A-FUCKING-MAZING by Frosty+Piss · · Score: 1, Funny

    In an amazing co-inky-dink, this guy and Hans Reiser were roommates in college...

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  2. The playbook is now written by TechyImmigrant · · Score: 4, Funny

    Next time I murder my wife, I'm going to plant obviously fake evidence on my own computer linking me to the crime.

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    1. Re:The playbook is now written by wrackspurt · · Score: 5, Funny

      Next time I murder my wife

      uhm... that does somewhat beg the question as to how many times you've murdered her already.

    2. Re:The playbook is now written by flyingfsck · · Score: 5, Funny

      Well, obviously he is a Mormon...

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    3. Re:The playbook is now written by stormpunk · · Score: 5, Funny

      It literally drives me up the wall when somebody has pour gramer.

    4. Re:The playbook is now written by TechyImmigrant · · Score: 1, Funny

      They're the original Mormons.

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  3. Re:This shouldn't be news by mjwx · · Score: 3, Funny

    If it were you who was locked up in prison for the rest of your life for a crime you did not commit

    Just get me a brightly coloured, oversized van.

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  4. Re:This shouldn't be news by mrclisdue · · Score: 3, Funny

    gesundheit