Facebook Status Keeps Man out of Jail.

The New York Times published a story titled, I’m Innocent. Just Check My Status on Facebook It was about a young New York City native,Rodney Bradford. He was suspected of "robbery at the Farragut Houses in Brooklyn." Bradford, used his Facebook status as his alibi to prove to the courts that during the time of the robbery, he was in his father's house. "The district attorney subpoenaed Facebook to verify that the words had been typed from a computer at an apartment at 71 West 118th Street in Manhattan, the home of Mr. Bradford’s father. When that was confirmed, the charges were dropped."

This article is important for many a couple of reasons. One it is a warning to parents who are afraid when their Facebookers update their status every minute they change their locations. Parents should now be happy, because Facebook could keep prove their child's innocence. Secondly, it shows how the medium of technology moves faster than the laws. This is the first case in which a social networking page, such as Facebook, was allowed as an alibi, in previous cases it was used as "as prosecutorial evidence".

I really liked this article. I am a frequent Facebook user and an excessive status updater. My mother hates when I share my every move with the Facebook world. I am going to show her this article and hopefully she will recant her hatred for my status updates. I'm glad the courts allowed Facebook to be an alibi for Bradford. And I'm sure he is grateful for the medium of the internet.

Let me know what you think.
~Lexi