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Experts: Facebook exoneration a sign of things to come?
Quick ReadRodney Bradford was released from prison when a Facebook message showed he was at his father's Harlem apartment - not robbing two men in Brooklyn.
Photo credit: AP video screengrab | Rodney Bradford, 19, was released from Rikers Island after 12 days behind bars.
Legal First: Facebook Pancake Post Frees Suspect
The release of a Brooklyn teenager who used a Facebook alibi to convince prosecutors he didn't commit a robbery may be a sign of things to come in criminal law, a cyberlaw expert said Thursday.
Evidence gleaned from social-networking sites previously has been used by prosecutors to disprove alibis or connect suspects to criminal activity, said Jonathan Ezor, a professor at Touro Law School...
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