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Originally Posted by Banjo
I imagine these evidences won't be accepted in a courtroom. It's the same thing with audio tapes.
I doubt by using what a person said on the forum will be able to hold water in a courtroom because the identity isn't revealed even if the IP address matches the location she lives at.
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That's incorrect, Banjo.
http://www.internetcases.com/archive...ives_good.html
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Court upholds admissibility of weblog evidence used to convict
Case gives good example of what not to say on one's weblog.
On May 19, 2002, police in Henderson County, North Carolina investigated an incident where a rock had been thrown off an overpass damaging a rig traveling on Interstate 26. Earlier that day, Gerald Velardi had written in his weblog "I'm going to trash some s**t tonight, maybe my damage will be shown on the news." Velardi was arrested for the crime of assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill and sentenced to no less than two years in prison.
At trial, the prosecutor brought up Velardi's weblog during cross examination. On appeal, Velardi argued that this evidence was gathered as the result of an illegal search and seizure. The appellate court rejected this argument and denied relief to Velardi, as he had not properly raised any objection to the alleged illegal search and seizure at the trial court level.
State v Velardi, 2005 WL 757057 (N.C.App., April 5, 2005).
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This is just one example of something you post anywhere on the web coming back to be used against you. The web is
not like using a tape recorder -- it's like going outside your house and shouting what you say for everyone to hear.
After all, AllDeaf is publicly accessible to the entire world wide web, and what you say you are effectively approving for the entire world to hear, and you're recording it for the world to see. That's why I have to be careful about what I say -- my company can see what I say and use it against me, even though what I say is on my own time outside of work hours.