Wednesday, May 26, 2010

Social Media: Evidence in Investigation

Today, John Pacenti writes on http://www.law.com/ concerning how investigators and lawyers are using social networks like Facebook and MySpace in the courtoom. If profiles are not protected by the proper privacy settings, lawyers are free to reap from those websites as much information as they want. Personal blogs are another important source of information for the questioning of witnesses or the defendent.

Lawyers are also using public social networking information in choosing jurors.

To read the full article, visit http://www.law.com/jsp/lawtechnologynews/PubArticleLTN.jsp?id=1202458756486&Social_Networks_Aid_in_Investigations.