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...What we had in hand was irrefutable proof," says Reuland. "And that's really where it turned the trick." Bradford's Facebook alibi "made the day," he says. (See five Facebook no-nos for divorcing couples...
...Facebook profiles have helped nab all kinds of people, from unfaithful spouses in divorce settlements to cheaters in insurance-fraud cases. As Browning noted this month at a conference sponsored by the Texas Center for the Judiciary, our online lives are "virtual treasure troves of information" for lawyers and judges. (See the 50 best websites...
...Whenever we're on the Internet, we leave behind this very revealing and gigantic trail of information," says Nicholas Bramble, a Yale Law School fellow who has studied digital evidence. And that trail - which can include anything from a post on a Facebook profile to a message to a MySpace contact to an appearance in the background of a stranger's photo - can be a "huge resource" in judicial proceedings, he says...
...have to use high-tech maneuvers to pull a Facebook sleight of hand. Couldn't a criminal simply have a buddy log in to his or her Facebook account and generate activity to provide an alibi...
Absolutely, says Bramble. "There are worries that arise based on fabrication and tampering." But for Bradford, the bottom line remains: Facebook got him off the hook...