Comments on: Andy Griffith on Eavesdropping http://blog.chriskoester.net/2007/01/31/andy-griffith-on-eavesdropping/ Practical Computing, Privacy, Home Improvement, and a lot of what-have-yous... Thu, 26 Aug 2010 14:20:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Chris Koester http://blog.chriskoester.net/2007/01/31/andy-griffith-on-eavesdropping/comment-page-1/#comment-6855 Chris Koester Wed, 20 Jun 2007 00:06:51 +0000 http://blog.chriskoester.net/2007/01/31/andy-griffith-on-eavesdropping/#comment-6855 Interesting connection... Interesting connection…

]]> By: Keith Irwin http://blog.chriskoester.net/2007/01/31/andy-griffith-on-eavesdropping/comment-page-1/#comment-6597 Keith Irwin Thu, 14 Jun 2007 04:05:39 +0000 http://blog.chriskoester.net/2007/01/31/andy-griffith-on-eavesdropping/#comment-6597 In 1967 the NC legislature passed a law making it illegal to listen in on conversations between a prisoner in custody and their attorney. Although I'm not sure what month the bill was passed in, generally, sessions of the legislature are finished by the end of summer or so. So most likely the law had been passed a few months before, and I have to assume that this show was partially intended as support for the new law, which may have been controversial at the time. Keith In 1967 the NC legislature passed a law making it illegal to listen in on conversations between a prisoner in custody and their attorney. Although I’m not sure what month the bill was passed in, generally, sessions of the legislature are finished by the end of summer or so. So most likely the law had been passed a few months before, and I have to assume that this show was partially intended as support for the new law, which may have been controversial at the time.

Keith

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