I find myself getting angrier by the day and wanting to give the extremists, the alt-WRONG, the Trumpistas, the people who think the road to greatness is
If you live in the U.S., you could be forgiven for assuming that a conversation with your attorney is always confidential and protected by something called “attorney-client privilege.” After all, the U.S. Supreme Court has held that “The essence of the Sixth Amendment right is… privacy of communication with counsel,” and popular TV shows and movies reflect the common understanding that lawyers can counsel their clients in private. But the unfortunate truth is that calls and messages from prison are in many cases routinely surveilled, and are even leaked to the public. Unless we take action to defend prisoners’ rights and bulwark digital security including requiring encryption for all attorney-client conversations we could see people already suffering from systemic racism, discrimination, and abuse further stripped of their fundamental rights and freedoms.
In the Syracuse suburb of Manlius, police transparency carries a hefty price tag.
In June, the Manlius Police Department received an open-records request from MuckRock, a nonprofit news site. The request sought documents detailing any allegations of misconduct against current or former officers and any discipline the department imposed.
The department replied with a bill. For $47,504.
Six months ago, New York lawmakers and Gov. Andrew Cuomo repealed Section 50-a of the state Civil Rights Law, a once-obscure provision that had been used to shield police disciplinary records from public view for decades.
The repeal came amid national and statewide protests following the May 25 death of George Floyd, a 46-year-old Black man who died in police custody after an officer pressed a knee into his neck for nearly nine minutes.
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is calling for the legalization and regulation of marijuana for recreational use by adults, his third attempt in as many years