Attorneys are quitting at least partly because they’re swamped by the amount of video footage they have to review from police body-worn cameras.
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“It is completely overwhelming,” said Robert Moody, a public defender in the Newport News office. “There’s no way physically possible I can watch the (video) data dumps they give me.”
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“It’s a razor thin wire, because you’re looking to be sure your client’s due process rights are preserved,” he said. “On the other hand, I have 120 other clients. I have to preserve their due process rights too.”
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Friday, September 13, 2019
Unintended consequence #437
Police body-cams are a good thing, right? They show what really happened--at least partly.
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