Utah attorney general defends Twitter use after giving OK for inmate’s firing squad execution
By Brock Vergakis, APFriday, June 18, 2010
Utah AG defends Twitter use after execution order
SALT LAKE CITY — Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff is defending his use of Twitter to tell the world that he had given the Department of Corrections the OK to execute a condemned man by firing squad.
Shurtleff’s tweet shortly before Ronnie Lee Gardner was shot to death Friday morning drew criticism from other Twitter users and on comment boards from those who found his use of the microblogging site distasteful.
Shurtleff’s post said: “I just gave the go ahead to Corrections Director to proceed with Gardner’s execution. May God grant him the mercy he denied his victims.”
Tweeting news of interest is not uncommon for Shurtleff and he has more than 7,000 followers.
Last year, he accidentally tweeted he was running for U.S. Senate, a campaign he has since abandoned.
Tags: Computing And Information Technology, Internet Technology, North America, Online Media, Salt Lake City, United States, Utah
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August 3, 2010: 5:44 pm
Well at least we all now know to not publicly ‘tweet’ sensitive/possible offensive material since this is how people tend to react. |
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June 20, 2010: 5:02 am
LONDON (AP) — Britain’s justice minister says Facebook has deleted the pages of 30 UK prisoners after they used the Internet to taunt their victims. The move follows several incidents in which British criminals have reportedly used the social networking site to communicate with conspirators and act against victims. |
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