[Reader-list] video voyeurism

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Melissa traded keys with her neighbor,  expecting her old childhood friend to 
keep an eye on the home when her family was away and use them only in an 
emergency.

Instead, she and authorities contend, Steven Glover secretly installed a 
video camera in the attic above her and her husband's bedroom and later moved 
the camera into the bathroom.

Prosecutors say Glover admitted to the taping, but he can't be prosecuted for 
it because Louisiana has no law against video voyeurism. It's a situation 
that some states, including Louisiana, are now beginning to address.

"If I'm a Peeping Tom and look into your bedroom, I can be prosecuted," said 
Jerry Jones, the prosecutor in the Glover case. "If I put a video camera to 
do the same thing and I do not record sound, I am committing no crime."