Attorney General John Ashcroft approved a new emergency policy that will allow the government to monitor conversations between federal prisoners and their lawyers and to read such mail. The president of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers denounced the policy as "an abomination" that violates the Sixth Amendment right to an attorney. The government said it would no longer issue a running tally of the number of people
Weekly Review
Weekly Review
Weekly Review
Attorney General John Ashcroft approved a new emergency policy that will allow the government to monitor conversations between federal prisoners and their lawyers and to read such mail. The president of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers denounced the policy as "an abomination" that violates the Sixth Amendment right to an attorney. The government said it would no longer issue a running tally of the number of people