Criminal
Dec. 6, 2013
Proposal would give defenders abilty to record witnesses without their knowledge
The Project for the Innocent at Loyola Law School has drafted legislation that would provide criminal defense attorneys and their investigators the ability to secretly record conversations with witnesses.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
Thanks to an exemption from certain state privacy laws, police and prosecutors are able to record witnesses' statements without their knowledge or consent. People are less candid when they're aware their words are being recorded, the reasoning goes, and having a statement on tape can prevent a witness from denying his or her earlier claims.
Defense attorneys currently don't share the same...
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