"Are you listening?"

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In today's society, almost everyone knows or has an Alexa. They are great tools for everyday use but is our communication technology being taken too far? While on one hand, they are always there if you have a question, what to good something, spell something and or what they to turn the lights on. But the reason they are so amazing is that they are ALWAYS listening for their wake word.

ARKANSAS - In 2015 James Bates was on trial for murder and the prosecutors suspended the audio from the Alexa device in his home where he allegedly murdered his friend. Even though this trial was in 2015 last month amazon filed a notion saying that using the audio from Bates' Alexa was actually a violation of his First Amendment Right.

This story makes me question whether or not using the audiotape in the murder investigation is considered fair. When the first amendment was created we did not have all of theses communication devices so how are people going to say that they are or are not allowed to use something in a court. Especially, if the man mentions something casually in a conversation that was strictly circumstantial that "incriminated" him causing the jury to find him guilty. I would also just like to remind you all that the case took place in Arkansas where Capital Punishment is still in effect. I think that we need to modify or add to the amendments as our society changes so when we are bringing technology up in court we are able to not let a not-guilty man be sentenced to death.

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