Text Messages: SMS and MMS Cell Phone Data as Witness in Courtroom

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French Courts to Admit Text Messages in Divorce Cases


Experts say the recent ruling by the top French court — to accept phone exchanges as legitimate proof of adultery — will make it easier for the French to get divorced. The New York Times reports.


Growing Presence in the Courtroom: Cellphone Data as Witness

The pivotal role that cellphone records played in two prominent New York murder trials this year highlights the surge in law enforcement’s use of increasingly sophisticated cellular tracking techniques to keep tabs on suspects before they are arrested and build criminal cases against them by mapping their past movements. The New York Times reports.


US College Students busted in drug sting. They promoted cocain by SMS

Dozens of San Diego State University students were arrested after a sweeping drug investigation found that some fraternity members openly dealt drugs and one even sent a mass text message advertising cocaine, authorities said Tuesday, reports MSNBC.


Text messages enter public-records debate

Those supposedly private messages that public officials dash off on their government cellphones to friends and colleagues aren't necessarily private after all, reports USA Today.


'SMS murder'

iAfrica reports on a murder case ruled South Africa , dubbed "SMS murder". It illustrates how text messaging was used as crucial evidence in getting a conviction.


Judge OKs text message use in drug case

A judge ruled that text messages could be used as evidence in a Washington, D.C drug case, reports News.com.

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