That actually played a part in it as well. Ultimately the kid was convicted because of cell phone location data. Part of the controversy was that an expert for the telephone company didn’t testify at the time that the data was inaccurate.
Not saying it would have been different today, but at the time cellphones were so new, and not a lot of people had them, a jury just had to trust what they were told. The way it was presented in the podcast seemed as though it was a very new concept for all, and that they weren’t really told how wide of a net the cell phone data pulled in. It was all trusted at face value, resulting in the conviction.
That actually played a part in it as well. Ultimately the kid was convicted because of cell phone location data. Part of the controversy was that an expert for the telephone company didn’t testify at the time that the data was inaccurate.
Not saying it would have been different today, but at the time cellphones were so new, and not a lot of people had them, a jury just had to trust what they were told. The way it was presented in the podcast seemed as though it was a very new concept for all, and that they weren’t really told how wide of a net the cell phone data pulled in. It was all trusted at face value, resulting in the conviction.