Social Media and Technology

Unnatural Consequences: The Price of a Tweet

May 3, 2013 Current Events

Guest Post by Mary Anne Brush We can all agree that smart kids sometimes do stupid things. Studies show that the teenage brain is not fully developed, which leads to impulsive decision-making. And who doesn’t believe an important part of raising children with character is holding them accountable for their actions? I work at a [...]

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Welcome to My Porn Site: The Risks of Having an On-Line Presence

March 8, 2013 Social Media and Technology

There are some really sleazy people on the Internet. And, despite what the marketers tell you, having an on-line presence can sometimes be a challenge. I have been sued for a million dollars for something I posted on this site. Almost two years later, that suit is still pending. I have had some crazy guy [...]

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How To Increase Blog Traffic

December 4, 2012 Criminal Law Bloggers

H/T Kendall Gray  

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Why Prosecutors Love Social Media

October 3, 2012 Social Media and Technology

This, from Prosecutor’s Discretion, says it much more persuasively than I ever could: Facebook, Twitter, Myspace (anyone use that anymore?), google+.  I’m on record by saying I love them all. People need to brag about their crimes and what better way than in writing on Facebook. They love to threaten witnesses. They connect with a group of friends, which [...]

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The Questions People Ask To Access My Site

July 9, 2012 Social Media and Technology

Although I check Google Analytics almost daily for my website traffic numbers, I will occasionally also check to see which search terms people used to access my site. There were three questions I thought were noteworthy from this morning’s traffic.  The first two had to do with my wife:  “Is Susan Burke attorney married?” (you [...]

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Cue the Radiotape

May 25, 2012 Discovery

I am a middle-aged man with some life experience. I have been doing criminal defense for a while now. Just yesterday I posted how many police officers “editorialize” when testifying. Still, I continue to be surprised – each time anew – every time a police officer gets up on the stand and lies. I should [...]

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Groundhog Day at the CVS

May 18, 2012 Evidence

It is a snippet of life from a CVS store in the District, viewed again and again through 15 different surveillance cameras. There is a 5-minute view from one camera – say, for example, at the entrance of the store. When that 5 minutes is up, you go back in time like the Bill Murray [...]

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Internet Sites For Keeping Score

May 8, 2012 Criminal Law Bloggers

“Keep the score between us Earth,” my favorite poet once wrote, “because it matters.” It does matter.  And anybody who knows me at all knows that I am always keeping score. Fortunately, for those of us who crave external validation and who can’t take pleasure in anything unless it means that we are beating someone [...]

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Untagging Old Photographs on Facebook

March 10, 2012 Social Media and Technology

Recent converts are the worst. Having just discovered Facebook, one of my sisters keeps posting old photographs. She also tags them. This means I have to keep checking Facebook, taking my name off pictures just as quickly as she can put them up. I can’t have people seeing old pictures of me with my goofy [...]

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Bryce Harper and Other Celebrities on Twitter

March 1, 2012 Social Media and Technology

Bryce Harper, star outfielder for the Washington Nationals, has suspended his Twitter account.  No longer will the rest of us be privy to his comings and goings (“Morning Twitter!  On my way to the field!  Hope you all have a great day!  God bless!”) or deepest thoughts and dreams (“Country music always heels wounds!” “Love [...]

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