Emailing and texting have become a very popular way to communicate. They have also become a very important footprint left behind for police investigating crimes. There is a new saying, "Don't say anything in an email or text that you wouldn't want your mother to read." All emails and texts are forever memorialzed in time, even after DELETE.
The Detroit Free Press/News, http://www.freep.com/ ,used the Freedom of Information Act(FOIA) to obtain previously unknown text messages to aid in the conviction of former Detroit mayor, Kwame Kilpatrick. Without the cellphone records, that included phone calls and texts, Kilpatrick would not have been convicted of perjury.
Across the United States, individual States now passing legislation that will prohibit the use of a cellphone, or texting, while operating a motor vehicle. This has come as a result of the increase in car accidents while using a cellphone. In addition, the federal government has also passed the USA Patroit Act, which assists the FBI and CIA in the investigating of national security issues.
