[ClearCase_guy]

There are no laws.
There are no rules.

There is only Power.

And, so far, We The People don’t seem to have any of that stuff.

[BobL]

Are they giving inmates I-Phones now?

[MadMax, the Grinning Reaper]

Many “defense” attorneys cannot be trusted. Period.

This is especially true of those who defend Moslem terrorists and supporters. Also true of some of those who defend the Mafia.

Always true of communist attorneys from NLG and CCR. Our system is their enemy and they will do anything they can to undermine and destroy it, even if it includes violating the rules of ethics that all certified attorneys have sworn to obey.

[Husker24]

How in the hell can this be getting mixed results in court. This is 100% no holds bared illegal.

[C210N]

OMG, our civilian court system is TOTALLY Awful! We MUST protect the defendants rights... QUICK, now, those civilian trials of Gitmoids... MOVE THEM BACK TO TRIBUNALS at Gitmo!

[libertylover]

If this is reported accurately, these emails should not be used against the accused.

[jocon307]

In Brooklyn, where at least 2, and possibly more, men are going to be released from prison and get big fat checks from the taxpayers of New York, due to their grievously wrongful convictions under DA Charles Hynes. A disgrace to the Irish American community who should be prosecuted for his own crimes and sent to ATTICA.

[Girlene]

Wow. This should be illegal. Seems the jails make it extremely difficult and costly (time is money) to have private conversations between the client and their lawyer. When emails are used (especially because of time constraints), they are subject to monitoring. So, essentially the government is cheating by forcing prisoners to use emails as the primary means of communication with their lawyers, then looking at them because they can be monitored. Emails should be able to be marked “privileged” to preserve attorney-client privilege.

[Cedar]

Wonder how lawyer/client relationships survived all those years before email?

Just do those old-fashioned personal visits with client, problem solved. Forget technology for a while.

The big salary will still be there at the end of the year.

[cva66snipe]

Feral {not misspelled federal} Government is shredding our Constitution and Bill Of Rights as fast as possible. DA's are getting lazy. Cutting deals when they should be doing their job in a court room presenting a case to a judge & jury, going after frivolous indictments overlooking more serious crimes for personal political or ideological, or in this case breaking the laws themselves to obtain evidence in an illegal manner in conflict with the spirit of the principles our justice system was founded upon. The DA's and cops both are lazy. They want the easiest way to obtain evidence for a case with minimal efforts and Bill of Rights be damned if it stands in their way.

I was involved in some lower courts court room time a few years back over an abuse & custody matter called to testify as a third party witness. What I saw taking places in the hallways between lawyers on both sides made me sick & disgusted. What was done to me as a witness allowed to be treated hostilely on the stand like a criminal made me sicker and far more cynical of courts, crooked lawyers, and senile crooked judges. Never mind the contempt charge I was given and afterward threatened with jail because His Highness napping on the bench from his Irish Coffee break didn't like my answers which were the whole truth.