Texting and email as evidence in court

An article in today's New York Times is about the fact that France

now allows email and text messages to be used in family court. The

article goes on to say that these types of evidence are acceptable to be

used in criminal courts in France already.

The last line of the article states that text messages are allowed as

evidence in courts in the United States so long as authenticity is

established.

Miranda warnings state that what you say (during interrogation) can

be used against you in a court of law. Now the warning to all is what

you text can be used against you in a court of law. There are a proliferration

of new laws and proposed laws that will cover cycber harassment,

bullying, threats, and a host of other illegal actions.

Twittering pages can easily be saved so they would be another potential

source of evidence.

Time to remember to think before you write, post, or leave voicemail.