Madeleine74, Actually attorneys, both defense & prosecutors do monitor social media. In the SK gary Hilton death penalty trial (FL), the opening & closing statements by the prosecutor was almost word for word from the websleuths thread..
http://websleuths.com/forums/showthread.php?t=120979&page=18
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Reload this Page Gary Hilton - Cheryl Dunlap murder TRIAL
news conference broadcast here also
http://www.carolinalive.com/news/story.aspx?id=1011241#.UwtbFYUSPEg
murder!!!!!