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| Killer's Suit Over Legal Mail Breach Revived |
| By courthousenews.com- Tim Hull |
| Published: 08/12/2014 |
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(CN) - The 9th Circuit on Monday revived a death-row inmate's claim that a prison guard illegally read his confidential letter to counsel. Facing the death penalty in Arizona, Scott Nordstrom alleges his Sixth Amendment right to counsel was violated in 2011 when a guard read a letter Nordstrom had written to his court-appointed lawyer and clearly marked as "legal mail." Nordstrom argued that the guard had gone beyond scanning the contents of the letter for references to contraband or safety issues. Read More. |
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