Canadian Court Rules You Have the Right To Google a Lawyer

Posted by timothy on Tuesday February 19, 2013 @02:24AM from the here-it's-one-phone-call-and-a-brandy dept.

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."

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Google is the new phone book by concealment · 2013-02-19 02:32 · Score: 5, Interesting

It seems to me obvious that this should be the case; Google has for most people replaced those annoying phone books.
The only caveat is that they should make sure they lock down the machine well...
Idea for a new ASK SLASHDOT: by bickerdyke · 2013-02-19 02:46 · Score: 5, Interesting

If you were allowed to call your lawyer, would you know who to call?

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