Civil Liberties

TigressDem

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1. Sorry. If someone has the right to a fair trial, a secret recording of their testimony is NOT legal.

Tue Nov 29, 2022, 04:33 PM

Nov 2022

FROM YOUR OWN POST...

courts permit recordings and broadcasting of criminal trials. There are a few exceptions. The relevant exception here is that witnesses can request their testimony not be recorded or broadcast and, if the court agrees, this permission is revoked during this testimony.

One of the defendants in this trial — Jake Wagner — made this request and had it granted.

Now the crazy crap about someone's FB page, I get it.

But when someone is involved as a witness in a murder trial, their life could be in danger. Who knows? So if the court said "NO recording him" then it wasn't a legal recording.

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Sorry. If someone has the right to a fair trial, a secret recording of their testimony is NOT legal. TigressDem Nov 2022 #1

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