A murder suspect's New York City transit metrocard seemed to confirm his claim that he was nowhere near the shooting in the Bronx earlier this spring. New York Times reports:
Months after the arrests, a retired detective working for Mr. Jones’s lawyers drove to a city jail located on a barge moored in the East River in the South Bronx, where Mr. Jones had been held after his arrest, and retrieved his wallet. The MetroCard was still inside.Mr. Jones’s lawyers then asked New York City Transit to use the card to trace his movements the night of the shooting. The results supported his account, showing that the card had been used on a bus, and later on a subway roughly five miles from the shooting, just as he had described.
He was released on bond. This is called making Big Brother work for YOU for once.
I thought this tidbit from this story was also neat.
In his ruling, Judge Marrero paraphrased a saying about change by the Greek philosopher Heraclitus. The judge wrote: "The river now flowing by is not the same river that passed by yesterday."
Word.