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UK admits unlawfully monitoring legally privileged communications (theguardian.com)
17 points by dominicgs on Feb 18, 2015 | hide | past | favorite | 1 comment


So what comes next? Does the UK have to throw out every conviction made in the past 7 years?

It seems unacceptable to just accept the number of people who were sentenced to prison because their defense was being spied on.

This is an egregious violation of people's right to a fair trial.




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