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UK admits unlawfully monitoring legally privileged communications (theguardian.com)
17 points by dominicgs 4138 days ago
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So what comes next? Does the UK have to throw out every conviction made in the past 7 years?

It seems unacceptable to just accept the number of people who were sentenced to prison because their defense was being spied on.

This is an egregious violation of people's right to a fair trial.