Prosecutors of Jarrod Ramos, accused of Capital Gazette shooting, have requested the jailers of copies of any letters he sends or receives.
Ramos is accused of killing five people and injuring many with a pump-action shotgun on 29 June 2018 at the Capital Gazette newspaper office in Annapolis, Maryland.
According to The Guardian, Ramos is known to have been a prolific writer. In the years before the shootings, he authored hundreds of pages of court documents and social media posts laying out his grudge against the newspaper and a former high school classmate.”
On July 3, the Anne Arundel County State’s Attorney’s office obtained a subpoena directing the jail to deliver “certified copies of all incoming and outgoing mail (front/back with envelopes, delivered every 2 weeks).”
Typically, people’s private communications are subject to strict legal protections. Prosecutors usually need a search warrant to gain access to a suspect’s mail and special authorization from a judge for a wiretap to listen in on their phone calls.”, reported The Guardian.
