BOULDER, Colo.—A prosecutor in Boulder County has been cleared to use Twitter to post updates during an upcoming murder trial.
District Attorney Stan Garnett has permission to use the social networking site during this month’s murder trial of Kevin Elmarr, accused of killing his ex-wife 22 years ago. Elmarr’s lawyer asked a judge in pretrial motions to extend the court’s ban on electronic devices to the prosecutor himself.
But District Judge James Klein disagreed, saying the defense’s worry that Garnett would use Twitter to pack the courtroom was unfounded. The prosecutor also used Twitter during a murder trial last month, telling his Twitter followers that closing arguments were coming up and that the victim’s family appeared to be hanging in there.
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Information from: Daily Camera,
