WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 -- Sen. Ron Wyden issued the following press release:
U.S. Senators Ron Wyden, Cynthia Lummis, R-Wyo., today introduced bipartisan, bicameral legislation to protect digital communications between incarcerated individuals and their attorneys.
"Attorney-client privilege is a constitutional right, not a suggestion," Wyden said. "It's time for the federal government to bring its outdated laws into the 21st century, which is why today's legislation would once and for all ensure that all communications between incarcerated individuals and their attorneys are granted equal protection."
"A nation governed by law and order cannot pick and choose when the Constitution applies," Lummis said. "We are well into the technology age,...