Supreme Court: Sure, use illegally obtained evidence


	Supreme Court: Sure, use illegally obtained evidence

masbury

1-17-2009 4:02 PM

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masbury says:

If the cops convince the judge that they were only accidentally illegal (oops, excuse us, please), evidence obtained illegally may be used in court. So cops accidentally breaking the law just doesn't hurt a thing! Yow. Thank GWB's appointments; your rights are still drying up.

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