Christian Nolan reports: A few years ago, Bridgeport, Conn., city fire inspectors Frank Gerardi and Stephen Vitka spent most of their workday visiting friends, doughnut shops or even working on their rental properties rather than inspecting buildings for fire code violations. Or at least that’s what city officials believed. But nobody really knew for sure…
Category: Court
Kr: Snooping on Spouses’ Emails Illegal
Sneaking into email accounts of spouses is illegal even if they include stories indicating his or her infidelity, a court ruled Thursday, putting privacy protection ahead of the right to know. The Seoul Eastern District Court slapped a 42-year-old woman with a 300,000 won fine for opening her husband’s emails without his approval. The court…
NH:In appeal, attorney argues LaBarre privacy was violated
Kathy McCormack of Associated Press reports: An attorney for a woman convicted of killing two boyfriends on her horse farm appealed her case to the New Hampshire Supreme Court yesterday, saying a lower court should have suppressed evidence gathered from police searches of her property. Attorney David Rothstein argued police violated Sheila LaBarre’s privacy by…
Power to Detain Beyond Prison Term at Issue
Nick Wilson reports: Lawyers argued before the Supreme Court Tuesday over whether the government can detain those judged sexually dangerous for indefinite periods beyond their prison terms, often applying the dangerous label in last-minute moves to delay release. “Under the theory that you are proposing, any dangerous person could be held indefinitely,” Justice Sonia Sotomayor…