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South Carolina County Pays $276,660 for Illegal Wiretaps on Judges' Telephones
Loaded on Feb. 15, 2003
published in Prison Legal News
February, 2003, page 26
The U. S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit affirmed a federal district court's $276,660 damage award to South Carolina state court judges who alleged that Greenville County law enforcement officers ran unlawful wiretaps on their telephones and recorded their conversations for 4 years.
Filed under:
Judiciary,
Telephones,
Telephone Monitoring,
Municipal Liability.
Location:
South Carolina.
In 1994, Greenville County, South ...
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