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The power of evidence online was recently illustrated when a man from Ohio, who confessed on YouTube to causing a fatal wrong-way crash after a night of drinking, was sentenced to 6\u00bd years in prison....","datePublished":"2013-10-29","dateModified":"2022-09-06","author":{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.brodenmickelsen.com\/blog\/author\/broden-mickelsen\/#Person","name":"Mick Mickelsen","url":"https:\/\/www.brodenmickelsen.com\/blog\/author\/broden-mickelsen\/","identifier":16,"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/30690d9f76c45bf5d61434169e78762d673b1ac9b949489cf69f1c78d567fc27?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/30690d9f76c45bf5d61434169e78762d673b1ac9b949489cf69f1c78d567fc27?s=96&d=mm&r=g","height":96,"width":96}},"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Broden, Mickelsen LLP","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/www.brodenmickelsen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Broden-and-Mickelsen-Logo.png","url":"https:\/\/www.brodenmickelsen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Broden-and-Mickelsen-Logo.png","width":378,"height":77}},"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/www.brodenmickelsen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/lawyer-team-about-us.jpg","url":"https:\/\/www.brodenmickelsen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/lawyer-team-about-us.jpg","width":806,"height":668},"url":"https:\/\/www.brodenmickelsen.com\/blog\/man-who-killed-another-driver-while-drunk-made-confession-on-youtube-video\/","video":{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"VideoObject","@id":"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=SBRuo1xhdcY#VideoObject","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=SBRuo1xhdcY","name":"\"I killed a man.\" - One year later...","description":"On September 3rd, 2013, \"because I said I would\" released a confession video from a drunk driver named Matthew Cordle. Prior to any charges being pressed against Matthew, his message against drinking and driving would go viral around the world. After one year of incarceration, this video was filmed inside of prison. Watch the original video : http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MmpK_EshSL4\nMatthew received an approximately 50% longer sentence than the average conviction for the same crime in the same state with the same criminal history (none). Although some in the media have said his sentence was unlawfully high, Matthew promised himself that he would not appeal. His mission was to convince others not to make the careless and destructive decision to drink and drive. \nHis sister updates the \"Save Your Victim\" Facebook page with Matt's thoughts from prison: http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/saveyourvictim. 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The judge also revoked his driving privileges for life.Cordle made his confession in an 3\u00bd-minute video posted in early September. In the YouTube video, he admitted he killed a man and said he \u201cmade a mistake\u201d when he decided to drive on the night of the accident. \u201cMy name is Matthew Cordle, and on June 22, 2013, I hit and killed Vincent Canzani,\u201d he said in his video. \u201cThis video will act as my confession,\u201d he said.The video confession was highly unusual. In most cases when offenders incriminate themselves on social media it\u2019s accidental.The site Mashable detailed how a woman in Martinsburg, in West Virginia returned home to discover two of her diamond rings were missing. She also noticed that someone had logged into Facebook on her computer \u2014 and had forgotten to log out. The Facebook activity led to the arrest of a 19-year-old burglar.The site also reveals how James Tindell, a convicted thief from Oregon, skipped out on the court-ordered drug treatment he accepted to avoid prison. He left the state but decided to taunt cops online.Tindell updated his Facebook profile on numerous occasions as he drove across the country. He directed many of his posts toward his probation officer. \u201cFresh out of another state,\u201d he wrote in one. \u201cCatch me if you can.\u201d In another, he left little to the imagination, writing: \u201cI\u2019m in Alabama.\u201dTindell was later pulled over for speeding in Daphne, Ala. A police officer ran his license and immediately found the warrant that had been issued for his arrest.If you are a suspect in a crime, you should stay off social media and certainly never post details pertaining to the incident in question."},{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Blog","item":"https:\/\/www.brodenmickelsen.com\/blog\/#breadcrumbitem"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Man Who Killed Another Driver While Drunk Made Confession on YouTube Video","item":"https:\/\/www.brodenmickelsen.com\/blog\/man-who-killed-another-driver-while-drunk-made-confession-on-youtube-video\/#breadcrumbitem"}]}]