Editorial: Bugging conversations between criminal defendants and their lawyers is bad news
by Los Angeles Times
Aug 07, 2018
3 minutes
Police and prosecutors bug jail cells. It's sometimes the best way to get evidence against a criminal defendant, or information about other crimes committed by other people. It's a better bet than relying on the word of jailhouse informants, who have an incentive to rat out their cellmates and may sometimes just make things up in exchange for money or the prospect of better treatment. A digital recording of the suspect's
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