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Watch Your Myspace and Facebook Pages

More and more I have seen prosecutors in Kansas DUI cases, and other criminal cases, going to a person’s Myspace or Facebook profiles to get dirt on them. Many young people have these pages which include pictures of them drinking (often underage), advertising alcohol, or otherwise bragging about his or her ability to drink or use drugs. Believe me, the cops aren’t kidding, “anything you say can and will be used against you.” Take this recent DUI case, featured here, in which a young man got a prison sentence instead of probation because his facebook showed him partying in a jail costume at a Halloween party two weeks after a crash in which he seriously hurt another person. The prosecutor created a powerpoint slideshow of these photos and successfully questioned whether the kid was remorseful. Remember the young lady who Elliot Spitzer was caught with, and how her Myspace page was splashed all over the news the next day? If you are involved in a serious criminal case, or even a run of the mill Kansas DUI case, you should give some serious thought to taking down such pages. As I have mentioned before, getting charged with a DUI is a good time to do some reflecting on your life, whether or not you are actually guilty. Giving a judge or prosecutor more reasons to doubt your sobriety, and remorse could come back to haunt you later.

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