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To: No Truce With Kings
As it is, conversations between a prisoner and his attorney, monitored under this close, cannot be used against the prisoner in a court of law.

I'm for the law as long as the information can't be used against the guy in court. That would be a blatant violation of the 5th Amendment, and though I don't give a rat's --s about this terrorist scumbag, I care deeply about the Constitution.

16 posted on 05/11/2002 2:49:10 PM PDT by Thane_Banquo
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To: Thane_Banquo
I'm for the law as long as the information can't be used against the guy in court. That would be a blatant violation of the 5th Amendment, and though I don't give a rat's --s about this terrorist scumbag, I care deeply about the Constitution.

I believe only private conversations between a lawyer and a client can not be used against the client in court. Government supplied phones -- as advertised -- are not private. Anybody hearing these conversations should be allowed to use the evidence in court. If a lawyer and a convict have a conversation on live TV, the evidence from that conversation could still be used against the convict.

The lawyer and the convict can still have private protected conversations -- in person -- in a private room!

36 posted on 05/12/2002 10:44:22 AM PDT by FreeReign
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