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Out of curiosity: if someone hacked this kid's account and posted those comments, and if the legal system is considering the Facebook comments to be his words,
by sheetjs 13y ago
Out of curiosity: if someone hacked this kid's account and posted those comments, and if the legal system is considering the Facebook comments to be his words, what recourse does he have? How does he demonstrate that the speech wasn't his?
- Tohhou 13y agoWhat about someone who creates an account, picks a name of a victim, uploads a picture, and then sends threats to others on their victim's behalf.
- DanBC 13y agoI'm guessing this is just one more eeason that you don't say anything until you have a lawyer.
- pbhjpbhj 13y agoWhat do you do when you're in custody and the police deny you access to your lawyer as appears to be the case here. Or moves you and provides a puppet lawyer, as also appears to be the case here. Or simply incarcerate you without charge for an extended period as also seems to be the case here. Do you keep quite when those incarcerating you [by action or inaction] set you up to be raped. At what point do you give in and say anything to try and make it stop? If USA has an actual justice system that cares for due process I can't see how anyone involved in these actions can retain a position of any authority within that system.
- iopq 13y agoYou still don't admit any fault or guilt! It never helps. They only have you admit things to put you in prison. There is no other reason. "Proving" you're innocent to the cop is not admitted in court anyway. Admitting you're guilty to the cop is.
- noptic 13y agoDid your lawyer approve this comment?
- zacinbusiness 13y agoHe doesn't. And proving hacking would be nearly impossible. A gifted hacker wouldn't leave evidence. Or at least no evidence that a normal investigator will find. And simply saying its a possibility doesn't matter without evidence. Thus, it's too expensive and time consuming to even consider. Interesting point, though.
- gcb0 13y agoWhy even hack? They went with a screenshot. A second hand screenshot! Note to 4chan. Create screenshots of terrorsm acts from DA and judge and send to other states PD
- ItendToDisagree 13y agoWhat happened to "beyond a reasonable doubt"? Hacking, Photoshopping, etc all seem more than reasonable these days... But I'm pretty sure burden of proof on the prosecution and 'reasonable doubt' went the way of the Dodo years ago.
- rmc 13y agoAnd proving hacking would be nearly impossible. What if he was hacked by a stupid hacker? Surely facebook keep logs which can be colsulted by the police. What IP address was the comments from? Where were you when the comment was made etc.
- pirateking 13y agoThat begins to sound like a very realistic Death Note ability these days given the combination of extreme punishment and brain dead detective ability.
- freehunter 13y agoIt's called non-repudiation, and it's one of the bigger problems in the information security realm when it comes to legal evidence.