Comments on: When Will Courts Admit Rap Videos/Lyrics Posted to Social Media as Evidence?–US v. Wiley https://blog.ericgoldman.org/archives/2022/07/when-will-courts-admit-rap-videos-lyrics-posted-to-social-media-as-evidence-us-v-wiley.htm Mon, 25 Jul 2022 04:00:00 +0000 hourly 1 By: John Gregory https://blog.ericgoldman.org/archives/2022/07/when-will-courts-admit-rap-videos-lyrics-posted-to-social-media-as-evidence-us-v-wiley.htm#comment-3329 Mon, 25 Jul 2022 04:00:00 +0000 https://blog.ericgoldman.org/?p=24203#comment-3329 I have a bit of a hard time accepting that any song lyrics could be considered an admission of the ‘facts’ in the lyrics. It’s all art, it’s all for effect, however much it might be inspired by personal experience.

Did Tom Jones, or the lyricist Barry Mason, actually murder a woman named Delilah?

I suppose if the lyrics led to the discovery of hard evidence, as a confession might lead to the discovery of a weapon used in a crime, then they might be admissible as showing knowledge of and thus association with the crime.

But just bragging of drug-based riches, or losses, is all puffery.

]]> By: Michael Trinh https://blog.ericgoldman.org/archives/2022/07/when-will-courts-admit-rap-videos-lyrics-posted-to-social-media-as-evidence-us-v-wiley.htm#comment-3324 Mon, 18 Jul 2022 15:45:00 +0000 https://blog.ericgoldman.org/?p=24203#comment-3324 Darnell Simmons. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14WE3A0PwVs

]]> By: McKenna Prohov https://blog.ericgoldman.org/archives/2022/07/when-will-courts-admit-rap-videos-lyrics-posted-to-social-media-as-evidence-us-v-wiley.htm#comment-3323 Mon, 18 Jul 2022 15:22:00 +0000 https://blog.ericgoldman.org/?p=24203#comment-3323 An interesting and thoughtful post, thank you. I wonder how this issue will be at play in Robert Crimo’s case.

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