Legal theorist: Governments should not be allowed to use the personal diaries of an individual who is the subject of a criminal prosecution as evidence against that individual. A diary is a silent conversation with oneself and there is no relevant difference between speaking to oneself, writing one' s thoughts down, and keeping one' s thoughts to oneself. Which one of the following principles, if valid, provides the most support for the legal theorist's argument?
A: Governments should not be allowed to compel corporate officials to surrender interoffice memos to government investigators.
B: Governments should not have the power to confiscate an individual's personal correspondence to use as evidence against the individual in a criminal trial.
C: When crime is a serious problem, governments should be given increased power to investigate and prosecute suspected wrongdoers, and some restrictions on admissible evidence should be relaxed.
D: Governments should not be allowed to use an individual's remarks to prosecute the individual for criminal activity unless the remarks were intended for other people.
Choose A, B, C or D as your solution.
D