Courts and bug product

[Nicholas Bohm]

Roland Perry wrote:
> In article <47B47AAA.40302@ernest.net>, Nicholas Bohm <nbohm@ernest.net> 
> writes
>>>  But if the prosecution transcribes the tapes, which they might well 
>>> want  to do so the court knows what it is that they are listening to, 
>>> then  shouldn't they have to give a copy of the transcript to the 
>>> defence  under similar considerations?
>>
>> Yes.  Do you see a difficulty there?
> 
> No difficulty, it is simply an indication that transcripts might be made 
> and circulated fairly often, rather than people having to rely on the 
> tapes alone.

See Peter Sommer's note on this.  Some part of the material will be 
transcribed (i.e. that which prosecution or defence want to use in 
evidence).  The rest, which seems likely to be a very much larger 
amount, will never be transcribed, just listened to.  That is why the 
"agency" whinging about heavy burdens of transcription is unconvincing.

Nicholas
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