Proposed legislation seeks to protect defendant rights to attorney-client privilege in jails.

Proposed legislation seeks to protect defendant rights to attorney-client privilege in jails.
Questions about penalties for investigators who receive confidential recordings unanswered as of Tuesday.
More recommendations may be considered on Nov. 1.
Recommendations would go to the Legislature. It comes after months of reporting by The Maine Monitor.
Kennebec County memo shows investigator monitored calls a man made to his lawyer in April 2022.
10 facilities recorded jailed defendants’ calls to attorneys, an investigation finds.
Strip searches and face-to-face meetings among the policies also being reviewed by new legislative committee.
Bobby Nightingale faces a possible sentence of up to life in prison.
Bobby Nightingale’s trial is scheduled to begin on August 15 in Caribou.
The lawyers for Bobby Nightingale and Jaquile Coleman seek to have the charges thrown out because of alleged attorney-client privilege violations.
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