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Jury Duty and Twitter

Monday, January 4, 2010

I never seem to run out of tweets like these:
@bigced: “if I get selected and the person on trial is from Brooklyn, that’s an automatic GUILTY!!!”
@Debyshu: “@LynLeshai hahahaha, you have jury duty? Thats kinda cool. He’s guilty, unless he’s black.”
@MzLeke: “Gettin ready for jury duty. I’m so tired ugh. Somebody is gonna be guilty today!”
@DIVAZSUCHASTARR: [...]

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Believable Imagery: When We Should (Dis)Believe Photos And Why

Friday, November 20, 2009

On December 3rd, Gotham Media Ventures will present a panel discussion in Brooklyn on Believable Imagery: When We Should (Dis)Believe Photos And Why. Their blurb describes the panel thus:
The pen is mightier than the sword but in our increasingly visual culture maybe the image has become the automatic weapon, with unprecedented power for communication and [...]

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Internet Alibi Evidence

Wednesday, November 18, 2009

The Brooklyn DA’s office recently dropped their charges against a young man because he updated Facebook from Harlem at the time the robbery was allegedly committed in Brooklyn. According to the NY Times, a Dallas attorney was quoted as saying: “This is the first case that I’m aware of in which a Facebook update has [...]

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