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A bill before the Legislature could give law enforcement fewer pretexts to make questionable stops.
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A bill before the Legislature could give law enforcement fewer pretexts to make questionable stops.
Bobby Nightingale’s future hinges on his defense attorney convincing a jury that he’s not a murderer. He fears now that some of the words used against him at trial could be his own.State police listened in on parts of at least two of the dozens of calls Nightingale made from the Aroostook and Cumberland county jails to his attorney as they discussed his alibi, witnesses and defense strategies for two homicides he says he did not commit.
A bill before the Legislature could give law enforcement fewer pretexts to make questionable stops.
Murder suspects fear they can’t get a fair trial after state police acknowledge listening to portions of phone calls with their attorneys.
Jailed Defendants Expected Private Attorney Calls. They Didn’t Always Get Them.. This reporting was supported by the Pulitzer Center, International Women’s Media Foundation’s Howard G. Buffett Fund for Women Journalists, Report for America, and Investigative Editing Corps. Bobby...