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Canadian Court Rules You Have the Right To Google a Lawyer
An anonymous reader writes "Hollywood crime dramas are infamous for the scene when an
accused is taken to a local police station and permitted a single phone call to
contact a relative or lawyer. While the storyline is myth — there is no limit on the number of phone calls available to an accused or detainee — Michael Geist reports
on a recent Canadian
case establishing a new, real requirement for law enforcement. After a 19-year
old struggled to find a lawyer using the telephone, the court ruled that police
must provide an accused with Internet access in order to exercise their right
to counsel."
... my lawyer is on a raid in WoW, I MUST level my char to 80 to be able to reach him!
What makes you think that you'd be any better off using google than posting a request for your facebook friends. And if you're indigent (if you cannot afford one, an attorney will be appointed for you), you might as well use your computer time to do something you enjoy.
My experience has been that there's more demand for bail bondsmen than attorneys at the local lockup. Most people would rather be released on bond and THEN find an attorney. Of course, if you're being interrogated, your strategy is "say nothing". Eventually, they have to find you an attorney or let you go.
Better call Saul!
As an added bonus, it would provide the lockdown too!
...what good is the internet if you are...unable to type?
[Apologies to those with physical challenges.]
If it weren't for deadlines, nothing would be late.
"I'm not seeing any particular reason that the time spent searching could not be supervised; no privileged information is going to be shared with the attorney before contacting them."
Besides, everybody knows the address in the US.:
http://www.bettercallsaul.com/