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An alibi is the plea or mode of defense under which a person on trial for a crime proves or attempts to prove that the person was in another place when the alleged act was committed; as, to set up an alibi; to prove an alibi. The Criminal Law Deskbook of Criminal Procedure [1] states: "Alibi is different from all of the other defenses...it is based upon the premise that the defendant is truly innocent." In the Latin language "alibi" means "somewhere else."
An alibi agency provides fictional explanations for unexcused absences, e.g. due to an extramarital affair. Originating in 1990s Japan, such services appeared in Europe in ca. 2004, where they were condemed as immoral by the Catholic Church in Germany. They are the subject of the 2006 movie The Alibi.
Not the best alibi ...
A Florida man accused of breaking into a bar says he can't remember if he did it because he was blacked out from taking so much crack, authorities report...
Digital Alibi
Introducing the Facebook defence:Bradford and witnesses insisted he was innocent. They said he was at his father's Harlem apartment when the crime occurred...
FACEBOOK PROVIDES an alibi?.
FACEBOOK PROVIDES an alibi.
A Facebook Alibi
There is an interesting story in this week's New York Times about a robbery suspect cleared because of his Facebook alibi...
That's a pretty good alibi ...
New Orleans police are reopening a robbery investigation that was previously blamed on a man who has passed away. As it turns out, the man was already in jail when that robbery occurred.
Facebook: The Perfect Alibi
In the past, we have blogged about how social-networking can get lawyers and defendants in to hot water. Well, there are two-sides to every coin, and today The New York Times reports how 19 year-old Rodney Bradford's Facebook status updates kept him out of jail...
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