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...attorney. Justice Department officials pointed out that the fruits of the eavesdropping would be used only to prevent imminent attacks and that the information could not be used in court--at least not without a judge's approval. But civil libertarians and defense lawyers were furious anyway; attorney-client privacy has long been a sacrosanct privilege of common law. "This essentially allows the Attorney General to overrule [that] privilege whenever he chooses without judicial supervision," says Steve Shapiro of the A.C.L.U. A court challenge is assured...
Some banks offer audiotapes of donors and photo matching--a process by which the bank will find a donor who resembles a photo, often of a partner, submitted by the client. Xytex Corp. of Augusta, Ga., goes so far as to offer adult photos and even videos of willing donors. "We shoot them in the clinic in an interview format and also get them in their own environment, with a favorite instrument, say, or just walking in the park," says p.r. director David Towles. Xytex is one of the few that offer so-called identity-release donors, men who agree...
...week after the attacks, a Mexican defendant convicted of delivering 40 lbs. of heroin was sentenced to 61 years, not the 30 he was expecting. "Everyone was shocked," says his lawyer, Stanley Schneider, who blames Sept. 11 backlash. Doug Allen, a Claremont, Calif., attorney, says he recently had his client--accused of trespassing in a restricted area and then trying to run down a security guard--plea-bargain. Before the attack, he would have gone to trial. "You're really in trouble with those facts because everyone is real sensitive to people being where they don't belong right...
...Cincinnati, Ohio, defense attorney Martin Pinales says he's going slow on a fraud case because, in these anthrax days, the postal-inspector witnesses against his client may have extra credibility. The halo effect may even reach to cases in which police are defendants. Robert Jorg is on trial in Cincinnati for the choke-hold death of a 29-year-old black man. The case is proceeding as planned, but prosecutor Mike Allen is worried his chances of winning may have declined. "It's always hard to win a conviction against a police officer," he says. "It's going...
Since the dismissal, Swomley has said that Davis may pursue a civil suit, while Trombly’s attorney, Andrew Good, has not officially filed any charges against BPD for the broken jaw his client allegedly suffered at the hands of Sgt. Harry A. Byrne...