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Lawyers Using Databases To Grab Clients

Posted by michael on Tuesday March 30, 2004 @06:35AM from the modern-ambulance-chasing dept.

bc90021 writes "It seems that lawyers are using jail-house email lists to send potential clients letters offering their services. One couple, on finding their son who'd been missing for two days, '...was astonished that deputies failed to call them when their son was arrested -- though contact and medical information was in the young man's wallet -- yet managed to inform people who wanted his business.'"

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Re:I for one think this could be great... by GSloop · 2004-03-30 08:59 · Score: 0, Redundant

The point being, that Gitmo is completely under US control.

I don't care if it's a rowboat in the middle of the Atlantic ocean. If it's controlled by the US gvmt, it's US territory.

Anything that tries to make fine distinctions is just a sleezebag way to get around the intent of US law. That this should be our own Gvmt, rather than some sleezebag pedophile disturbes be more than just a little.

"We have the greatest justice system in the world. Oh, but by the way, we're not going to allow the 'bad-guys' to have any access to it. I mean really, trials are just for the 'not-guilty' folk."

Hard to believe this is the same republic that was so angered by the very similar acts of King George that we'd risk our own lives to commit 'terrorist' acts and overthrow the opressive government starting in 1776. Have we fallen so far so quickly?

Alas.

Greg