Prosecutors Are Reading Emails From Inmates to Lawyers

[zanejohnson]

Doesn't mean that snail mail between an attorney and his client should be read.

it does actually, while under arrest you pretty much lose your civil rights....

and your technically still under arrest if your on probation or parole..


which is fucked up... but that IS in FACT the laws.

 

[mirageracerx]

Can you come up with a worse analogy?

^this.

 

[Paul98]

This and the problems with police, war on drugs,... are the main problems the US should be dealing with. We are so fucked up right now, I need to start to see politicians taking on these problems.

 

[Fern]

I'm surprised that the client-attorney privilege is not respected. Seems every day more and more problems with this country pop up.

Fern

 

[boomerang]

Email is one of the most common communication channels in use today. Are you seriously implying that suspects not be allowed to communicate with their lawyers through it?

No, you're putting an inference into my question. All I asked is what methods of communication do inmates have a right to. A very simple question.

 

[Knowing]

What I am seeing is our Government pushing the boundaries constantly on our rights in this country.

The cost of freedom is eternal vigilance.

 

[master_shake_]

This and the problems with police, war on drugs,... are the main problems the US should be dealing with. We are so fucked up right now, I need to start to see politicians taking on these problems.

it's just easier to lock people up rather than fix a broken system.

police and courts are there to protect the status quo

 

[werepossum]

Email is one of the most common communication channels in use today. Are you seriously implying that suspects not be allowed to communicate with their lawyers through it?

I for one am seriously implying that convicted people in prison should not be allowed unrestricted access to computers, yes. I already have quite enough Nigerian bureaucrats and foreign lottery officials contacting me. Suspects would possibly be a different class, but I'd suggest solving the problem of government reading everyone's emails before getting all worked up about prisoners.

That's when you send an e-mail out "the body/drugs/money/etc... is under house..." and wait for the police to tear someone's house up.

Oh sorry, did you think that was real, I'm writing a book and wrote my lawyer to see if it was believable.

Okay, THAT is bloody brilliant.

If one suspects that conviction is imminent, one might well want to memorize the prosecutor's address.